Minister for Defence (Ghana)

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The Minister for Defence is the Ghanaian government official responsible for the Ministry of Defence of Ghana and the Ghana Armed Forces. The Minister for Defence since February 2013 is the Hon. Mark Owen Woyongo . He was appointed by President John Mahama.

List of ministers

The ministry has had a succession of ministers since independence starting with the Governor - General. During the rule of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council, there was no specific minister as the council as a body was responsible for Defence.^[1]

Number	Minister	Took office	Left office	Government	Party
1	Charles Noble Arden-Clarke	1957	1958	Nkrumah government	Governor-General
2	Rev Stephen Allen Dzirasa (MP)	1958	1959		Convention People's Party
3	Kwame Nkrumah	1959	1960
4	Charles de Graft Dickson (MP)	1960	1961
5	Kofi Baako (MP)^[2]	September 1961	24 February 1966
6	Lt. General J. A. Ankrah	1966	1968	National Liberation Council	Military government
7	Lt. General Akwasi Afrifa	1968	1969	National Liberation Council	Military government
8	J. Kwesi Lamptey (MP)	1969	1971	Busia government	Progress Party
9	Bukari K. Adama (MP)	1971	13 January 1972	Busia government	Progress Party
10	General I. K. Acheampong	1972	1975	National Redemption Council	Military government
10	General I. K. Acheampong	1975	1978	Supreme Military Council
11	Lt. General Fred Akuffo	1978	4 June 1979	Supreme Military Council
12		1979	1979	Armed Forces Revolutionary Council
13	Riley K. S. Poku	1979	31 December 1981	Limann government	People's National Party
14	Naa Polku Konkuu Chiiri	1982	1983	Provisional National Defence Council	Military government
15	Rear Admiral C. K. Dzang	1983	1985
16	Alhaji Mahama Iddrisu	1985	1999
16	Alhaji Mahama Iddrisu	1993	1999	Rawlings government	National Democratic Congress
17	Lt Col E K Donkoh	1999	7 January 2001	Rawlings government	National Democratic Congress
18	Kwame Addo-Kufuor (MP)	2001	2007	Kufuor government	New Patriotic Party
19	Albert Kan-Dapaah (MP)	2007	7 January 2009	Kufuor government	New Patriotic Party
20	Lt. Gen. Joseph Henry Smith	2009	2012	Mills government	National Democratic Congress
20	Lt. Gen. Joseph Henry Smith	2012	7 January 2013	Mahama government
21	Mark Owen Woyongo (MP)	14 February 2013	16 July 2014
22	Benjamin Kunbuor (MP)	16 July 2014	incumbent

References

↑ "Past Ministers for Defence". Official website. Ghana Armed Forces. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
↑ Kraus, Jon (April 1966). "Ghana Without Nkrumah - The Men In Charge". Africa Report. Retrieved 21 May 2013.

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