The Minister for Local Government in Ghana is responsible for decentralised administration of the country. This minister is also responsible for enhancing the development of the rural areas of Ghana. The title of the position has been altered under some governments to reflect this.
List of ministers
Number Minister Took office Left office Government Party 1 A. E. A. Ofori-Atta (MP)(Local Government and Justice) 6 March 1957 Nkrumah government Convention People's Party 2 Kwaku Boateng (MP)(Interior and Local Government) ? ? 3 Mumuni Bawumia (MP) 1 February 1965 1966 4 Alex A. Y. Kyerematen(Commissioner for Local Government) 1966 1969 National Liberation Council Military government 5 K. K. Anti (MP) 1969 1971 Busia government Progress Party 6 Colonel Victor Coker-Appiah 1972 1972 National Redemption Council Military government 7 Major General Nathan Aferi 1972 Oct 1975 8 Lt. Col. B. K. Ahlijah Supreme Military Council 9 Lt. Col. K. A. Jackson 10 C. K. Tedam 1978 1979 11 Kofi Badu(Local Government and Sports) Jun 1979 Jun 1979 Armed Forces Revolutionary Council 12 Nii Anyetei Kwakwranya Jun 1979 Sep 1979 13 Kwame Sanaa-Poku Jantuah 1979 1981 Limann government People's National Party 14 John Agyekum Kufuor 1982 1982 Provisional National Defence Council Military government 15 F. A. Jantuah 1984 1986 16 William H. Yeboah 1987 1987 17 Joyce Aryee 1987 1988 18 Kwamena Ahwoi(Local Government and Rural Development) 1993 1994 Rawlings government National Democratic Congress 19 Cecilia Johnson(Local Government and Rural Development) 6 January 2001 20 Kwadwo Baah-Wiredu (Local Government and Rural Development) 2001 2003 Kufuor government New Patriotic Party 21 Kwadwo Adjei-Darko (Local Government and Rural Development) 2003 2005 22 Charles Bimpong Bintim (Local Government and Rural Development) 2005 2006 23 Stephen Asamoah Boateng (Local Government and Rural Development and Environment) 2006 2007 24 Kwadwo Adjei-Darko 2007 6 January 2009 25 Joseph Yieleh Chireh (MP) 2009 2011 Mills government National Democratic Congress26 Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo 2011 2012 2012 2013 Mahama government 27 Akwasi Oppong Fosu (MP) (Local Government and Rural Development) 2013 May 2014 28 Julius Debrah(Local Government and Rural Development) June 2014 February 2015 29 Collins Dauda (MP) (Local Government and Rural Development) February 2015 6 January 2017 30 Alima Mahama(Minister for Local Government and Rural Development) January 2017 incumbent Akufo-Addo government New Patriotic Party 31 Ahmed Ibrahim (MP)(Minister for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs) 25 January 2025 7 August 2026 Mahama's 2nd government National Democratic Congress32 Mahama Ayariga (MP) 29 August 2026 Incumbent
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