Nkrumah government

Ghanan government under Dr. Kwame Nkrumah

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)

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Portfolio  | Minister  | Time frame  | Notes

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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)

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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

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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 - ? | First female Ghanaian minister[29]
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[30]
(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[31] | 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][32]
(Minister for Information and Broadcasting) | 1960 - 1962 |
L. R. Abavana
(Minister for Information and Broadcasting) | c. 1963[25] |
Imoru Egala[33] | 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[34] | 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[35] | 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 | Charles de Graft Dickson (MP) | 1957 - DEc 1959 |
R. O. Amoako-Atta (MP) | Dec 1959 - July 1960 |
Osei Owusu Afriyie (MP) | 1960 - 1961 |
R. O. Amoako-Atta (MP) | Nov 1961 - Oct 1963 |
Stephen Willie Yeboah[36] (MP) | Oct 1963 - 1965 |
R. O. Amoako-Atta (MP) | 1965 - Feb 1966 |
Brong Ahafo Regional Commissioner | Stephen Willie Yeboah[20] (MP) | Jun 1959 - Oct 1963 |
R. O. Amoako-Atta[36] (MP) | 1963 - 1965 |
Central Regional Commissioner | J. E. Hagan[37][20] | c. 1961-1964[36] |
Eastern Regional Commissioner | Emmanuel Humphrey Tettey Korboe[37] | 1957 - 1965 |
J. E. Hagan[38] (MP) | 1965 - 1966 |
Greater Accra Regional Commissioner | Paul Teiko Tagoe | ? - ? |
Northern Regional Commissioner | Emmanuel Adama Mahama[36] | c. 1964 |
Upper Regional Commissioner | Ayeebo Asumda[20] | c. 1963-1964[36] |
Volta Regional Commissioner | Francis Yao Asare[37] | c. 1961 |
Hans Kofi Boni[36][39] | 1961 -- 1965 |
Joseph Kodzo[40] |  |
Western Regional Commissioner | John Arthur[20] | c. 1963-1964[36] |

## See also

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* Convention People's Party

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