# Minister for Local Government (Ghana)

The Minister for Local Government in Ghana is responsible for decentralised administration of the country. This minister is also responsible for enhancing the development of the rural areas of Ghana. The title of the position has been altered under some governments to reflect this.

## List of ministers

| Number | Minister | Took office | Left office | Government | Party |
| 1 | A. E. A. Ofori-Atta (MP) (Local Government and Justice) | 6 March 1957 | | Nkrumah government | Convention People's Party |
| 2 | Kwaku Boateng (MP) (Interior and Local Government) | ? | ? | Nkrumah government | Convention People's Party |
| 3 | Mumuni Bawumia (MP) | 1 February 1965 | 1966 | Nkrumah government | Convention People's Party |
| 4 | Alex A. Y. Kyerematen (Commissioner for Local Government) | 1966 | 1969 | National Liberation Council | Military government |
| 5 | K. K. Anti (MP) | 1969 | 1971 | Busia government | Progress Party |
| 6 | Colonel Victor Coker-Appiah | 1972 | 1972 | National Redemption Council | Military government |
| 7 | Major General Nathan Aferi | 1972 | Oct 1975 | National Redemption Council | Military government |
| 8 | Lt. Col. B. K. Ahlijah | | | Supreme Military Council | Military government |
| 9 | Lt. Col. K. A. Jackson | | | Supreme Military Council | Military government |
| 10 | C. K. Tedam | 1978 | 1979 | Supreme Military Council | Military government |
| 11 | Kofi Badu (Local Government and Sports) | Jun 1979 | Jun 1979 | Armed Forces Revolutionary Council | Military government |
| 12 | Nii Anyetei Kwakwranya | Jun 1979 | Sep 1979 | Armed Forces Revolutionary Council | Military government |
| 13 | Kwame Sanaa-Poku Jantuah | 1979 | 1981 | Limann government | People's National Party |
| 14 | John Agyekum Kufuor | 1982 | 1982 | Provisional National Defence Council | Military government |
| 15 | F. A. Jantuah | 1984 | 1986 | Provisional National Defence Council | Military government |
| 16 | William H. Yeboah | 1987 | 1987 | Provisional National Defence Council | Military government |
| 17 | Joyce Aryee | 1987 | 1988 | Provisional National Defence Council | Military government |
| 18 | Kwamena Ahwoi (Local Government and Rural Development) | | 1993 | Provisional National Defence Council | Military government |
| 18 | Kwamena Ahwoi (Local Government and Rural Development) | 1994 | | Rawlings government | National Democratic Congress |
| 19 | Cecilia Johnson (Local Government and Rural Development) | | 6 January 2001 | Rawlings government | National Democratic Congress |
| 20 | Kwadwo Baah-Wiredu (Local Government and Rural Development) | 2001 | 2003 | Kufuor government | New Patriotic Party |
| 21 | Kwadwo Adjei-Darko (Local Government and Rural Development) | 2003 | 2005 | Kufuor government | New Patriotic Party |
| 22 | Charles Bimpong Bintim (Local Government and Rural Development) | 2005 | 2006 | Kufuor government | New Patriotic Party |
| 23 | Stephen Asamoah Boateng (Local Government and Rural Development and Environment) | 2006 | 2007 | Kufuor government | New Patriotic Party |
| 24 | Kwadwo Adjei-Darko | 2007 | 6 January 2009 | Kufuor government | New Patriotic Party |
| 25 | Joseph Yieleh Chireh (MP) | 2009 | 2011 | Mills government | National Democratic Congress |
| 26 | Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo | 2011 | 2012 | Mills government | National Democratic Congress |
| 26 | Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo | 2012 | 2013 | Mahama government | National Democratic Congress |
| 27 | Akwasi Oppong Fosu (MP) (Local Government and Rural Development) | 2013 | 6 January 2017 | Mahama government | National Democratic Congress |
| 28 | Alima Mahama | January 2017 | incumbent | Akufo-Addo government | New Patriotic Party |