Nkrumah government

First cabinet of Kwame Nkrumah in 1957
Standing (L to R): J. H. Allassani, N. A. Welbeck, Kofi Asante Ofori-Atta, Ebenezer Ako-Adjei, J.E. Jantuah, Imoru Egala
Sitting (L to R): A. Casely-Hayford, Kojo Botsio, Kwame Nkrumah, Komla Agbeli Gbedemah, E.O. Asafu-Adjaye;
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Dr. Kwame Nkrumah was the first Prime Minister and first President of Ghana. Nkrumah had run governments under the supervision of the British government through Charles Arden-Clarke, the Governor-General. His first government under colonial rule started from 21 March 1952 until independence. His first independent government took office on 6 March 1957.[1] From 1 July 1960, Ghana became a republic and Nkrumah became the first president of Ghana.

In February 1966 his government was overthrown by the National Liberation Council military coup.

Nkrumah's independence government (1957 – 1960)

Portfolio Minister Time frame Notes
Prime Minister Kwame Nkrumah 6 March 1957 – 1 July 1960
Minister for Foreign Affairs Kwame Nkrumah 6 March 1957 – 1958
Kojo Botsio 1958 – 1959
Ebenezer Ako-Adjei 1959 – 1960
Minister for Defence Charles Arden-Clarke[2] 1957 – 1958
Stephen Allen Dzirasa[2] 1958 – 1959
Kwame Nkrumah[2] 1959 – 1960
Minister for Interior[3] Ebenezer Ako-Adjei 6 March 1957 – 1958
Krobo Edusei 1958 – 1958
Kwame Nkrumah 1958 – 1958
A. E. Inkumsah 1959 – 1960
Minister for Finance Komla Agbeli Gbedemah 1954 – May 1961
Attorney General of Ghana G. M. Paterson[4] March 1957 – August 1957
Geoffrey Bing[5] 7 August 1957 – 29 August 1961[6]
Minister for Health J. H. Allassani 6 March 1957 – ?
Minister for Local Government A.E.A. Ofori Atta 6 March 1957 – ?
Minister for Education John Bogolo Erzuah 6 March 1957 – 22 May 1957
C. T. Nylander[7] 22 May 1957 – 1958[8]
Minister for Education and Information Kofi Baako[8] August 1957[9] – 1959
Minister for Agriculture Boahene Yeboah-Afari[10] 6 March 1957 – 22 May 1957
Minister for Housing A. E. Inkumsah 6 March 1957 – ?
Minister for Trade and Labour
(later Minister for Commerce and Industry)		 Kojo Botsio 6 March 1957 – 1958
Minister for Communications Archie Casely-Hayford 6 March 1957 – 22 May 1957
Minister for Works N. A. Welbeck 6 March 1957 – 22 May 1957
Emmanuel Kobla Bensah[7] 22 May 1957 – 1960
Minister for Labour, Co-operatives and Social Welfare
(created in May 1957)		 Francis Yao Asare[7] 22 May 1957 – ?
Volta Regional Minister C. H. Chapman[11] November 1957 – June 1959
Ferdinand Goka[11] June 1959 – June 1960
Resident Minister in Guinea N. A. Welbeck 1958 – February 1959
Minister without Portfolio L. R. Abavana 6 March 1957 – ?
Minister without Portfolio Krobo Edusei 6 March 1957 – 1958
Minister without Portfolio Kofi Baako[7] 22 May 1957 – 1958
Minister without Portfolio N. A. Welbeck[7] 22 May1957 – ?
Minister without Portfolio John Bogolo Erzuah[7] 22 May1957 – ?
Minister without Portfolio Archie Casely-Hayford[7] 22 May1957 – ?
Minister without Portfolio Boahene Yeboah-Afari[7] 22 May1957 – ?

Nkrumah's republican government (1960 – 1966)

Ghana became a republic on 1 July 1960. A referendum in February 1964 on Ghana becoming a one-party state resulted in a landslide victory for the Kwame Nkrumah and the CPP government. There were hardly any votes against the one-party state in all the regions.[12] A year later in June 1965, all 198 candidates of the CPP for parliament were elected unopposed.[13] In February 1965, Nkrumah reshuffled made a big change to his government. Twelve new ministers were appointed and many others changed portfolios.[14]

Portfolio Minister Time frame Notes
President Kwame Nkrumah[15] 1 July 1960 – 24 February 1966
Minister for Foreign Affairs[3] Imoru Egala 1960 – 1961
Ebenezer Ako-Adjei[15] 1961 – 1962
Kwame Nkrumah 1962 – 1963
Kojo Botsio[16] 1963 – 1965
Alex Quaison-Sackey[17] 1965 – 1966
Minister for Defence Charles de Graft Dickson[18][2] 1960 – 1961
Kofi Baako[15][19][2] September 1961 – 24 February 1966
Minister for Interior[3] A. E. Inkumsah 1960 – 1961
Kwaku Boateng[15][20]
(Interior and Local Government)		 1961 – 1964[21]
L. R. Abavana 1964 – 1965
A. E. Inkumsah[22] 1 February 1965 – 1965
L. R. Abavana 1965 – 1966
Minister for Finance Komla Agbeli Gbedemah[23] 1954 – May 1961
Ferdinand Koblavi Dra Goka[20][15]
(Minister for Finance and Trade)		 8 May 1961[24] – February 1964
Kwame Nkrumah February 1964 – ?
Kwesi Amoako-Atta[17] 1965 – 1966
Attorney General and Minister for Justice Geoffrey Bing[5]
A. E. A. Ofori-Atta[23][15]		 7 August 1957 – 29 August 1961[6]
c. 1962 – 1965[22]
George Commey Mills-Odoi[6] 30 September 1961 – 29 August 1962
B. E. Kwaw-Swanzy 1962 – February 1966
Minister for Health L. R. Abavana 1960 – 1961
Komla Agbeli Gbedemah June 1961 – ?
A. E. Inkumsah[15] c. 1962 – 1963[25]
L. R. Abavana[26] 1963 – 1964[21]
Joseph Kodzo c. 1965[22]
Osei Owusu Afriyie[27] c. 1966
Minister for Local Government A.E.A. Ofori Atta 6 March 1957 – ?
Mumuni Bawumia[22]
(Municipal and Local Councils)		 1 February 1965 – ?
Minister for Education and Social Welfare Alfred Jonas Dowuona-Hammond[15][20] c. 1960-1964[8]
Kwaku Boateng[8][17]
(Science and Higher Education)		 1964[21] – February 1966
Minister for Social Welfare P. K. K. Quaidoo[18] c. 1961
Osei Owusu Afriyie[15]
(Labour and Social Welfare)		 c. 1962 & 1965[22]
Susanna Al-Hassan[28]
(Social Welfare and Community Development)		 1 February 1965 – ?
Minister for Labour K. Amoa-Awuah 1 February 1965 – ?
Minister for Agriculture[10] Francis Yao Asare 1960
Kojo Botsio[23] 1960 – 1962
L. R. Abavana[15] 1962
Krobo Edusei[29]
(Food and Agriculture)		 1963 – 1965[22]
F. A. Jantuah[17] 1965 – 1966
Minister for Works and Housing E. K. Bensah[18] 22 May 1957 – c. 1965[22]
Minister for Works E. K. Bensah
(Minister for Works and Communications)		 1963[25] – 1965
Minister for Housing F. E. Techie-Menson 1 February 1965 – ?
Minister for Construction and Communication E. K. Bensah[15] c. 1962
Minister for Trade Ferdinand Goka[18] 1 July 1960 – 8 May 1961
L. R. Abavana June 1961 – ?
A. Y. K. Djin[22] c. 1965
Minister for Overseas Trade Osei Owusu Afriyie 1965
Kwesi Armah[17] 1965 – 24 February 1966
Minister for Industries Krobo Edusei[30] c. 1962
Imoru Egala[27] c. 1963[25] – 1965
Minister for Transport and Communications Krobo Edusei ? – ?
A. J. Dowuona-Hammond[27] c. 1965[22] – c. 1966
Minister for Information Kwaku Boateng ? – ?
Tawia Adamafio[15][31]
(Minister for Information and Broadcasting)		 1960 – 1962
L. R. Abavana
(Minister for Information and Broadcasting)		 c. 1963[25]
Imoru Egala[32] 1962 – 1965
Minister for Information and Party Propaganda N. A. Welbeck[17] 1 February 1965 –?
Minister for Lands A. K. Puplampu 1 February 1965 – February 1966
Minister for Mines and Mineral Resources L. R. Abavana[25]
(Minister for Mines)		 February 1965 – June 1965
K. O. Thompson June 1965 – February 1966
Minister for Art and Culture J. Benibengor-Blay[33] 1 February 1965 – 1966
Minister for Co-operatives S. A. Kwaku Bonsu 1 February 1965 – 1965
Minister for Food and Nutrition Joseph Kodzo 1 February 1965 – ?
Hans Kofi Boni[34] c. November 1965
Minister for Fuel and Power E. I. Preko 1 February 1965 – ?
Minister for Parks and Gardens E. Nee Ocansey 1 February 1965 – ?
Minister for Pensions and National Insurance A. K. Onwona-Agyeman 1 February 1965 – ?
Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Kofi Baako[18] c. 1961
Minister for Presidential Affairs Tawia Adamafio 1961 – ?
Minister resident in Guinea Stephen Allen Dzirasa July 1960 – 1962
Kweku Budu-Acquah[20] c. 1963
D. K. Kulevome ? – ?
Regional Commissioners
Ashanti Regional Commissioner Osei Owusu Afriyie ? – ?
Stephen Willie Yeboah[35] c. 1964
Brong Ahafo Regional Commissioner Stephen Willie Yeboah[20] c. 1963
R. O. Amoako-Atta[35] c. 1964
Central Regional Commissioner J. E. Hagan[36][20] c. 1961-1964[35]
Eastern Regional Commissioner Emmanuel Humphrey Tettey Korboe[36] 1957 – 1965
J. E. Hagan[37] (MP) 1965 – 1966
Greater Accra Regional Commissioner Paul Teiko Tagoe ? – ?
Northern Regional Commissioner Emmanuel Adama Mahama[35] c. 1964
Upper Regional Commissioner Ayeebo Asumda[20] c. 1963-1964[35]
Volta Regional Commissioner Francis Yao Asare[36] c. 1961
Hans Kofi Boni[35][38] 1961 — 1965
Joseph Kodzo[39]
Western Regional Commissioner John Arthur[20] c. 1963-1964[35]

See also

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Preceded by
Colonial government
 Government of Ghana
1957 – 1966 		Succeeded by