Ashanti Regional Minister

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 an 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

Number Minister Took office Left office Government Party
1Osei Owusu Afriyie (MP)[1]
(Special Commissioner for Greater Accra)
Nkrumah governmentConvention Peoples' Party
2Stephen Willie Yeboah[2]c.1964
3Brigadier D. C. K. Amenu1966?National Liberation CouncilMilitary government
4H. R. Annan (MP)1969January 1972Busia governmentProgress Party
5Lt. Colonel E. A. Baidoo[3]
(Regional Commissioner)
January 1972National Redemption CouncilMilitary government
6Commander Joy K. Amedume
(Regional Commissioner)
1974October 1975
7Major L. K. Kodjiku[4]
(Regional Commissioner)
October 19751977Supreme Military Council
8Commander G. E. Osei[5]
(Regional Commissioner)
19771978
9Colonel R. K. Zumah[6]
(Regional Commissioner)
1978June 1979
June 1979September 1979Armed Forces Revolutionary Council
10J. O. Afram1979Limann governmentPeople's National Party
11J. Y. Ansah
(Regional Secretary)
Provisional National Defence CouncilMilitary government
12Daniel Ohene Agyekum19931997Rawlings governmentNational Democratic Congress
13Kojo Yankah[7]1997 1999
14Samuel Nuamah-Donkoh1999
15Sampson Kwaku Boafo[8]20012006Kufuor governmentNew Patriotic Party
16Emmanuel A. Owusu-Ansah[9]2006January 2009
17Kofi Opoku-Manu20092011Mills governmentNational Democratic Congress
18Kwaku Agyemang-Mensah2011July 2012
July 2012January 2013Mahama government
19Samuel SarpongFebruary 2013March 2013
20Eric OpokuMarch 2013July 2014
21Samuel SarpongJuly 2014March 2015
22Peter Anarfi-MensahMarch 20152017
23Simon Osei-Mensah[10]February 2017IncumbentAkufo-Addo governmentNew Patriotic Party

See also

Notes

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  2. "Ghanaian Ministers Tour USA". Ghana News: Dr Kwame Nkrumah Celebrates His 55th Birthday. 2 (9): 9. 21 September 1964. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  3. Jubilee Ghana - A 50-year news journey thru' Graphic. Accra, Ghana: Graphic Communications Group Ltd. 2006. p. 171. ISBN 9988809786.
  4. Nkrumah, I. K. (editor) (2 June 1976). "Ahlijah Calls on Otumfuo". Newspaper (7968). Graphic Communications Group Ltd. Daily Graphic. Retrieved 12 April 2020.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  5. 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.
  6. "Regional Commissioners as at Sept. 1, 1978". Ghana News. Washington DC: Embassy of Ghana. 7 (8): 13. September 1978. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  7. "Cabinet reshuffles, Kojo Yankah out of Ashanti". www.ghanaweb.com. Ghana Web. 4 November 1999. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  8. "Twenty-nine Ministers sworn into office". www.ghanaweb.com. Ghana Web. 2 February 2005. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  9. "New Ministerial List: Summary". www.ghanaweb.com. Ghana Web. 13 May 2006. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  10. "Regional Ministers Approved". www.ghanaweb.com. Ghana Web. 18 February 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
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