Nkrumah government

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.

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;

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 – ?	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

• Convention People's Party