Ashanti Regional Minister

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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.

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List of Ashanti Regional Ministers

NumberMinisterTook officeLeft officeGovernmentParty
1 Charles de Graft Dickson (MP)1957Dec 1959 Nkrumah government Convention Peoples' Party
2 R. O. Amoako-Atta (MP)Dec 1959Jul 1960
3 Osei Owusu Afriyie (MP) [1]
19601961
4 R. O. Amoako-Atta [2] (MP)Nov 1961Oct 1963
5 Stephen Willie Yeboah [3] (MP)Oct 19631965
6 R. O. Amoako-Atta (MP)1965Feb 1966
7 Brigadier D. C. K. Amenu Feb 1966April 1967 National Liberation Council Military government
8 J. T. D. Addy April 1967May 1967
9 G. K. Yarboi May 19671969
10H. R. Annan (MP)October 1969June 1971 Busia government Progress Party
11Maxwell Owusu (MP)June 1971January 1972
12Lt. Colonel E. A. Baidoo [4]
(Regional Commissioner)
January 1972May 1974 National Redemption Council Military government
13 Commander Joy K. Amedume
(Regional Commissioner)
May 1974October 1975
14Major L. K. Kodjiku [5]
(Regional Commissioner)
October 19751977 Supreme Military Council
15Commander G. E. Osei [6]
(Regional Commissioner)
19771978
16Colonel R. K. Zumah [7]
(Regional Commissioner)
19784 June 1979
4 June 197924 September 1979 Armed Forces Revolutionary Council
17J. O. Afram197931 Dec 1981 Limann government People's National Party
18J. Y. Ansah
(Regional Secretary)
Provisional National Defence Council Military government
19 Daniel Ohene Agyekum April 19926 January 1993
19936 Jan 1997 Rawlings government National Democratic Congress
20 Kojo Yankah [8] 19971999
21 Samuel Nuamah Donkor 19996 Jan 2001
22Sampson Kwaku Boafo [9] 20012006 Kufuor government New Patriotic Party
23Emmanuel A. Owusu-Ansah [10] 2006January 2009
24Kofi Opoku-Manu20092011 Mills government National Democratic Congress
25 Kwaku Agyemang-Mensah 201124 July 2012
24 July 2012January 2013 Mahama government
25 Samuel Sarpong February 2013March 2013
26 Eric Opoku March 2013July 2014
27 Samuel Sarpong July 2014March 2015
28Peter Anarfi-MensahMarch 20152017
29 Simon Osei-Mensah [11] February 2017January 2025 Akufo-Addo government New Patriotic Party
30 Frank Amoakohene [12] 30 January 2025Incumbent Mahama government 2 National Democratic Congress

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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.