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 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

Number	Minister	Took office	Left office	Government	Party
1	Charles de Graft Dickson (MP)	1957	Dec 1959	Nkrumah government	Convention Peoples' Party
2	R. O. Amoako-Atta (MP)	Dec 1959	Jul 1960
3	Osei Owusu Afriyie (MP) [1]	1960	1961
4	R. O. Amoako-Atta [2] (MP)	Nov 1961	Oct 1963
5	Stephen Willie Yeboah [3] (MP)	Oct 1963	1965
6	R. O. Amoako-Atta (MP)	1965	Feb 1966
7	Brigadier D. C. K. Amenu	Feb 1966	April 1967	National Liberation Council	Military government
8	J. T. D. Addy	April 1967	May 1967
9	G. K. Yarboi	May 1967	1969
10	H. R. Annan (MP)	October 1969	June 1971	Busia government	Progress Party
11	Maxwell Owusu (MP)	June 1971	January 1972
12	Lt. Colonel E. A. Baidoo [4] (Regional Commissioner)	January 1972	May 1974	National Redemption Council	Military government
13	Commander Joy K. Amedume (Regional Commissioner)	May 1974	October 1975
14	Major L. K. Kodjiku [5] (Regional Commissioner)	October 1975	1977	Supreme Military Council
15	Commander G. E. Osei [6] (Regional Commissioner)	1977	1978
16	Colonel R. K. Zumah [7] (Regional Commissioner)	1978	4 June 1979
		4 June 1979	24 September 1979	Armed Forces Revolutionary Council
17	J. O. Afram	1979	31 Dec 1981	Limann government	People's National Party
18	J. Y. Ansah (Regional Secretary)			Provisional National Defence Council	Military government
19	Daniel Ohene Agyekum	April 1992	6 January 1993
		1993	6 Jan 1997	Rawlings government	National Democratic Congress
20	Kojo Yankah [8]	1997	1999
21	Samuel Nuamah Donkor	1999	6 Jan 2001
22	Sampson Kwaku Boafo [9]	2001	2006	Kufuor government	New Patriotic Party
23	Emmanuel A. Owusu-Ansah [10]	2006	January 2009
24	Kofi Opoku-Manu	2009	2011	Mills government	National Democratic Congress
25	Kwaku Agyemang-Mensah	2011	24 July 2012
		24 July 2012	January 2013	Mahama government
25	Samuel Sarpong	February 2013	March 2013
26	Eric Opoku	March 2013	July 2014
27	Samuel Sarpong	July 2014	March 2015
28	Peter Anarfi-Mensah	March 2015	2017
29	Simon Osei-Mensah [11]	February 2017	January 2025	Akufo-Addo government	New Patriotic Party
30	Frank Amoakohene [12]	30 January 2025	Incumbent	Mahama government 2	National Democratic Congress

See also

• Africa portal

• Ministers of the Ghanaian Government
• Ashanti Region

Notes

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3. "Ghanaian Ministers Tour USA". Ghana News: Dr Kwame Nkrumah Celebrates His 55th Birthday. 2 (9): 9. 21 September 1964. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
4. Jubilee Ghana - A 50-year news journey thru' Graphic. Accra, Ghana: Graphic Communications Group Ltd. 2006. p. 171. ISBN   9988809786.
5. Nkrumah, I. K., ed. (2 June 1976). "Ahlijah Calls on Otumfuo". Newspaper. No. 7968. Graphic Communications Group Ltd. Daily Graphic. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
6. 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.
7. "Regional Commissioners as at Sept. 1, 1978". Ghana News. 7 (8). Washington DC: Embassy of Ghana: 13. September 1978. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
8. "Cabinet reshuffles, Kojo Yankah out of Ashanti". www.ghanaweb.com. Ghana Web. 4 November 1999. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
9. "Twenty-nine Ministers sworn into office". www.ghanaweb.com. Ghana Web. 2 February 2005. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
10. "New Ministerial List: Summary". www.ghanaweb.com. Ghana Web. 13 May 2006. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
11. "Regional Ministers Approved". www.ghanaweb.com. Ghana Web. 18 February 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
12. "Parliament approves 7 more Ministerial nominees". Graphic Online. 29 January 2025. Retrieved 18 February 2025.