The Minister for Information in Ghana usually heads the Ministry of Information. This position has existed in various configurations until the cabinet reshuffle of 16 July 2014 when President Mahama merged the functions of this ministry into that of the Ministry of Communications with the Minister of Communications having oversight for both Information as well as Communications. On 16 July 2014, Mahama had another cabinet reshuffle involving a lot of ministries.

List of ministers

Number Minister Took office Left office Government Party 1 6 March 1957 Nkrumah government Convention People's Party 2 Kwaku Boateng (MP) 3 Tawia Adamafio (MP) 1960 1962 4 Imoru Egala (MP) 1962 5 National Liberation Council Military government 6 T.D. Brodie Mends (MP) 1 October 1969 27 January 1971 Busia government Progress Party 7 Major Anthony Selormey 1972 May 1972 National Redemption Council Military government 8 Colonel I. K. Acheampong 8 Colonel C. R. Tachie-Menson 9 Major General Robert Kotei Supreme Military Council 10 Colonel Parker H.S. Yarney 11 Dixon Kwame Afreh{Commissioner for Information and Cocoa Affairs} Armed Forces Revolutionary Council 12 Yaw O. AfriyieJohn S. Nabila{Minister for Information and Tourism} 1979 1980 Limann government People's National Party 13 Joyce Aryee 1982 1985 Provisional National Defence Council Military government14 Kofi Totobi Quakyi 1985 1993 1993 2001 Rawlings government National Democratic Congress 15 Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey 2001 2003 Kufuor government New Patriotic Party 16 Nana Akomea (MP) 2003 2005 17 Daniel Kwaku Botwe 2005 2006 18 Kwamena Bartels (MP) 2006 2007 19 Florence Oboshie Sai-Cofie 2007 200820Stephen Asamoah Boateng20082009 21 Zita Okaikoi 2009 2010 Mills government National Democratic Congress 22 John Tia (MP) 2010 2012 23 Fritz Baffour (MP) 2012 2012 2012 2013 Mahama government 24 Mahama Ayariga (MP) 30 January 2013 16 July 2014 25 Mustapha Abdul-Hamid February 2017 August 2018 Akuffo-Addo governmentNew Patriotic Party 26 Kojo Oppong Nkrumah (MP) August 2018 February 202427Fatimatu AbubakarFebruary 2024Incumbent

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