Nkrumah government
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Dr. Kwame Nkrumah was the first Prime Minister and first President of Ghana.
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[edit] Nkrumah's first independence government (1957 – 1960)
| Portfolio | Minister | Time frame | Notes |
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| Prime Minister | Kwame Nkrumah | March 6, 1957 – 1 July 1960 | |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | Kwame Nkrumah Kojo Botsio Ebenezer Ako-Adjei |
March 6,1957 – 1958 1958 – 1959 1959 – 1960 |
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| Minister for Interior | Ebenezer Ako-Adjei |
March 6,1957 – 1958 |
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| Minister for Finance | Komla Agbeli Gbedemah | 1954 – May 1961 |
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| Minister for Health | J.H. Alhassani | March 6,1957 – ? |
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| Minister for Local Government | A.E.A. Ofori Atta | March 6,1957 – ? |
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| Minister for Education | J.B. Erzuah | March 6,1957 – ? |
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| Minister for Agriculture | B. Yeboa-Afari | March 6,1957 – ? |
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| Minister for Housing | Ashford Emmanuel Inkumsah | March 6,1957 – ? |
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| Minister for Trade and Labour | Kojo Botsio | March 6,1957 – 1958 |
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| Minister for Communications | A Casely-Hayford | March 6,1957 – ? |
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| Minister for Works | N.A. Welbeck | March 6,1957 – ? |
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| Minister without Portfolio | Lawrence Rosario Abavana | March 6,1957 – ? |
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| Minister without Portfolio | Krobo Edusei | March 6,1957 – ? |
[edit] Nkrumah's republican government (1960 - 1966)
| Portfolio | Minister | Time frame | Notes |
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| President | Kwame Nkrumah | 1 July 1960 – 24 February 1966 | |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | Imoru Egala Ebenezer Ako-Adjei Kwame Nkrumah Kojo Botsio Alex Quaison-Sackey |
1960 – 1961 1961 – 1962 1962 – 1963 1963 – 1965 1965 – 1966 |
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| Minister for Defence | Charles de Graft Dickson | ? – ? | |
| Minister for Interior | Ashford Emmanuel Inkumsah |
? – ? | |
| Minister for Finance | Komla Agbeli Gbedemah Ferdinand Koblavi Dra Goka |
1954 – May 1961 June 1961 – ? |
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| Minister for Health | Komla Agbeli Gbedemah | June 1961 – ? |
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| Minister for Local Government | A.E.A. Ofori Atta | March 6,1957 – ? |
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| Minister for Education and Social Welfare | Alfred Jonas Dowuona Hammond | ? – ? |
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| Minister for Agriculture | Kojo Botsio | June 1961 – ? |
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| Minister for Works and Housing | Emmanuel Kobla Bensah | ? – ? |
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| Minister for Trade Minister for Overseas Trade |
Lawrence Rosario Abavana Kwesi Armah |
June 1961 – ? 1965 – 24 February 1966 |
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| Minister for Transport and Communications | Krobo Edusei | ? – ? | |
| Minister for Information | Imoru Egala | ? – ? |
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| Minister for Parliamentary Affairs | Kofi Baako | ? – ? | |
| Minister for Presidential Affairs | Tawia Adamafio | ? – ? | |
| Minister resident in Guinea | Stephen Allen Dzirasa | ? – ? | |
| Regional Ministers | |||
| Ashanti Regional Minister | Osei Owusu Afriyie | ? – ? | |
| Brong Ahafo Regional Minister | Stephen Willie Yeboah | ? – ? | |
| Central Regional Minister | Joseph Essilfie Hagan | ? – ? | |
| Eastern Regional Minister | Emmanuel Humphrey Tettey Korboe | ? – ? | |
| Northern Regional Minister | Emmanuel Adama Mahama | ? – ? | |
| Upper Regional Minister | Ayeebo Asumda | ? – ? | |
| Volta Regional Minister | Francis Yao Asare | ? – ? | |
| Western Regional Minister | John Arthur | ? – ? | |
Some of the information for 1960 - 1966 is taken from Liste der Regierungen Ghanas on the German Wikipedia
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| Preceded by Colonial government |
Government of Ghana 1957 – 1966 |
Succeeded by National Liberation Council, 1966-1969 {Military regime) |
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