Ministers For Defence
Charles Noble Arden-Clarke
1957-1958
Rev Stephen Allen Dzirasa (MP)
1958-1959
Kwame Nkrumah
1959-1960
Charles de Graft Dickson (MP)
1960-1961
Kofi Baako (MP)
1960-1966
Lt Gen JA Ankrah
1966-1968
Lt. General Akwasi Afrifa
1968-1969
Kwesi Lamptey (MP)
1969-1971
Bukari K Adama
1971-1972
Gen IK Acheampong
1972-1978
Lt Gen Fred Akuffo
1978-1979
Riley K. S. Poku
1979-1981
Naa Polku Konkuu Chiir
1982-1983
Rear Admiral C. K. Dzang (rtd)
1983-1985
Alhaji Mahama Iddrisu
1985-1999
Lt Col EKT Donkoh (rtd)
1999-2001
Dr Kwame Addo-Kufuor (MP)
2001-2007
Albert Kan-Dapaah (MP)
2007-2008
Lt. Gen. Joseph Henry Smith (rtd)
2009-2013
Mark Owen Woyongo (MP)
2013-2014
Dr Benjamin Kunbuor (MP)
2014-2016