Minister for the Interior (Ghana)

The Minister for the Interior is the Ghanaian government official responsible for the Ministry of Interior. He is thus responsible for internal security and law and order in Ghana. The most recent person in this position is Hon.Ambrose Dery.^[1] The position has also been known as Minister for Internal Affairs in the past.

List of ministers

The first Ghanaian to head this ministry was Ebenezer Ako-Adjei. He was also one of The Big Six instrumental in Ghana attaining its independence from the United Kingdom.^[2]

Number	Minister	Took office	Left office	Government	Party
1	Ebenezer Ako-Adjei[3] (MP)	Mar 1957	Nov 1957	Nkrumah government	Convention People's Party
2	Krobo Edusei[3] (MP)	Nov 1957	Oct 1959
3	Ashford Emmanuel Inkumsah[3] (MP)	Oct 1959	Oct 1961
4	Kwaku Boateng[3] (MP)	Oct 1961	May 1964
5	Lawrence Rosario Abavana[3] (MP)	May 1964	Jun 1965
6	Ashford Emmanuel Inkumsah[3] (MP)	Jun 1965	Feb 1966
7	Anthony Deku[3]	Feb 1966	Mar 1969	National Liberation Council	Military government
8	John Willie Kofi Harlley[3]	Mar 1969	Aug 1969
9	Simon Diedong Dombo (MP)[3]	Sep 1969	Feb 1971	Busia government	Progress Party
10	Nicholas Yaw Boafo Adade (MP)[3]	Feb 1971	Jan 1972
11	J. H. Cobbina[4]	Jan 1972	Sep 1974	National Redemption Council	Military government
12	Ernest Ako[4]	Sep 1974	Oct 1975
		Oct 1975	Jul 1978	Supreme Military Council
13	Benjamin Samuel Kofi Kwakye[4]	Jul 1978	Jun 1979
14	Ben Forjoe[4]	Jun 1979	Aug 1979	Armed Forces Revolutionary Council
15	W. C. Ekow Daniels[4]	Aug 1979	Sep 1979
		Sep 1979	Sep 1981	Limann government	People's National Party
16	Kwame Sanaa-Poku Jantuah[4]	Sep 1981	Dec 1981
17	Johnny F. S. Hansen[4]	Jan 1982	Apr 1982	Provisional National Defence Council	Military government
18	Colonel J. M. Ewa[4]	Apr 1982	Dec 1982
19	Kofi Djin[4]	Dec 1982	Nov 1985
20	Major General Winston Mensa-Wood[5]	Nov 1985	Oct 1987
21	Nii Okaidja Adamafio[5]	Oct 1987	May 1991
22	Nana Akuoko Sarpong[5]	May 1991	Mar 1992
23	Emmanuel Osei-Owusu[5]	Mar 1992	Jan 1993
		Jan 1993	Oct 1996	Rawlings government	National Democratic Congress
24	Mahama Iddrisu[5]	Nov 1996	Feb 1997
25	Nii Okaidja Adamafio[5]	Feb 1997	Jan 2001
26	Malik Al-Hassan Yakubu[5]	Feb 2001	Mar 2002	Kufuor government	New Patriotic Party
(acting)	Kwame Addo-Kufuor (MP)[5]	Apr 2002	Apr 2003
27	Hackman Owusu-Agyeman (MP)[5]	Apr 2003	Feb 2005
28	Papa Owusu-Ankomah (MP)[5]	Feb 2005	May 2006
29	Albert Kan Dapaah (MP)[6]	May 2006	Aug 2007
30	Kwamena Bartels (MP)[6]	Aug 2007	May 2008
31	Kwame Addo-Kufuor (MP)[6]	Jun 2008	Jan 2009
32	Cletus Avoka (MP)[6]	Feb 2009	Feb 2010	Mills government	National Democratic Congress
33	Martin Amidu[6]	Feb 2010	Jan 2011
34	Benjamin Kunbuor (MP)[6]	Jan 2011	Feb 2012
35	William Kwasi Aboah[7]	Apr 2012	Jul 2012
		Jul 2012	Jan 2013	Mahama government
36	Kwesi Ahwoi	Feb 2013	Jul 2014
37	Mark Owen Woyongo (MP)[8]	Jul 2014	19 January 2016
38	Prosper Douglas Bani[6][9][10]	19 January 2016	6 January 2017
39	Ambrose Dery (MP)[11]	28 January 2017	14 February 2024	Akufo-Addo government	New Patriotic Party
40	Henry Quartey (MP)[12]	14 February 2024	6 January 2025
41	Mubarak Mohammed Muntaka (MP)	30 January 2025	Incumbent	Mahama 2nd government

See also

• Africa portal

• Ministry of Interior (Ghana)