The Ashanti Regional Minister is the Ghana government official who is responsible for overseeing the administration of the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The region is home to the Ashanti people who are ruled by the Asantehene. It has always been a politically important region due to this. Since the December 2019 referendum, there are currently sixteen administrative regions in Ghana. The capital has always been at Kumasi.
List of Ashanti Regional Ministers
edit| Number | Minister | Took office | Left office | Government | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Osei Owusu Afriyie (MP)[1] |
1960 | 1961 | Nkrumah government | Convention Peoples' Party |
| 2 | Stephen Willie Yeboah[2] | c. 1964 | |||
| 3 | Brigadier D. C. K. Amenu | 1966 | 1967 | National Liberation Council | Military government |
| 4 | J. T. D. Addy | April 1967 | May 1967 | ||
| 5 | G. K. Yarboi | May 1967 | 1969 | ||
| 6 | H. R. Annan | October 1969 | June 1971 | Busia government | Progress Party |
| 7 | Maxwell Owusu | June 1971 | January 1972 | ||
| 8 | Lt. Colonel E. A. Baidoo[3] (Regional Commissioner) |
January 1972 | National Redemption Council | Military government | |
| 9 | Commander Joy K. Amedume (Regional Commissioner) |
1974 | October 1975 | ||
| 10 | Major L. K. Kodjiku[4] (Regional Commissioner) |
October 1975 | 1977 | Supreme Military Council | |
| 11 | Commander G. E. Osei[5] (Regional Commissioner) |
1977 | 1978 | ||
| 12 | Colonel R. K. Zumah[6] (Regional Commissioner) |
1978 | June 1979 | ||
| June 1979 | September 1979 | Armed Forces Revolutionary Council | |||
| 13 | J. O. Afram | 1979 | Limann government | People's National Party | |
| 14 | J. Y. Ansah (Regional Secretary) |
Provisional National Defence Council | Military government | ||
| 15 | Daniel Ohene Agyekum | 1993 | 1997 | Rawlings government | National Democratic Congress |
| 16 | Kojo Yankah[7] | 1997 | 1999 | ||
| 17 | Samuel Nuamah Donkor | 1999 | |||
| 18 | Sampson Kwaku Boafo[8] | 2001 | 2006 | Kufuor government | New Patriotic Party |
| 19 | Emmanuel A. Owusu-Ansah[9] | 2006 | January 2009 | ||
| 20 | Kofi Opoku-Manu | 2009 | 2011 | Mills government | National Democratic Congress |
| 21 | Kwaku Agyemang-Mensah | 2011 | July 2012 | ||
| July 2012 | January 2013 | Mahama government | |||
| 22 | Samuel Sarpong | February 2013 | March 2013 | ||
| 23 | Eric Opoku | March 2013 | July 2014 | ||
| 24 | Samuel Sarpong | July 2014 | March 2015 | ||
| 25 | Peter Anarfi-Mensah | March 2015 | 2017 | ||
| 26 | Simon Osei-Mensah[10] | February 2017 | Incumbent | Akufo-Addo government | New Patriotic Party |
See also
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Notes
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- ^ Nkrumah, I. K., ed. (2 June 1976). "Ahlijah Calls on Otumfuo". Newspaper. No. 7968. Graphic Communications Group Ltd. Daily Graphic. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ Obed Asamoah (20 October 2014). The Political History of Ghana (1950-2013): The Experience of a Non-Conformist. AuthorHouseUK. p. 243. ISBN 978-1496985620. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ "Regional Commissioners as at Sept. 1, 1978". Ghana News. 7 (8). Washington DC: Embassy of Ghana: 13. September 1978. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ "Cabinet reshuffles, Kojo Yankah out of Ashanti". www.ghanaweb.com. Ghana Web. 4 November 1999. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ "Twenty-nine Ministers sworn into office". www.ghanaweb.com. Ghana Web. 2 February 2005. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ "New Ministerial List: Summary". www.ghanaweb.com. Ghana Web. 13 May 2006. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ "Regional Ministers Approved". www.ghanaweb.com. Ghana Web. 18 February 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2020.