Central Regional Minister

The Central Regional Minister is the Ghana government official who is responsible for overseeing the administration of the Central Region of Ghana. The area currently covered by the Central Region used to be part of the Western Province in the Gold Coast under British colonial rule. The Western Province which had become the Western Region after Ghana became an independent country was split into the Western and Central Regions. ^{[1] [2]} The seat of the regional administration is located in Cape Coast, the capital.

List of Central Regional Ministers

Number	Minister	Took office	Left office	Government	Party
1	Joseph Essilfie Hagan (MP) [3] [4]	October 1960	1965 [5] [6]	Nkrumah government	Convention Peoples' Party
2	Emmanuel Humphrey Tettey Korboe (MP)	1965	February 1966
3	Lt.-Colonel R. J. G. Dontoh	1966	1967	Military government	National Liberation Council
4	Brig. Alexander A. Crabbe	1967	1969
5	Jonah Abraham Annobil (MP)	1969	January 1972	Busia government	Progress Party
6	Colonel Frank Bernasko	1972	1973	Military government	National Redemption Council
7	Commander Joy Amedume	1973	1974
8	Lt. Colonel E. A. Baidoo	1974	October 1975
9	Major J. A. Awuni	1975	1977		Supreme Military Council
10	Commander John A. K. Otoo	1977	1978
11	Lt. Colonel William Adjei Thompson [7]	1978	1979
12	Kobena Gyapea Erbynn [8]	1979	1979		Armed Forces Revolutionary Council
13	Kankam da Costa	?	?	Limann government	People's National Party
14		1979	?	Military government	Provisional National Defence Council
15	Ato Austin	1988	1993
16	Ebenezer Kobina Fosu	?	?	Rawlings government	National Democratic Congress
17	Kojo Yankah (MP)	1997	1998
18	Jacob Arthur
19	Isaac Edumadze	2001	2006	Kufuor government	New Patriotic Party
20	Nana Ato Arthur	2006	2009
21	Ama Benyiwa-Doe	2009	2012	Mills government	National Democratic Congress
22		2012	2013	Mahama government
23	Ebenezer Kwadwo Teye Addo	2013	2013
24	Samuel Sarpong	2013	2014
25	Aquinas Tawiah Quansah (MP)	2014	2016
26	Kweku George Ricketts-Hagan (MP)	2016	2017
27	Kwamena Duncan [9]	2017	6 January 2025	Akufo-Addo government	New Patriotic Party
28	Eduamoah Ekow Panyin Okyere	7 Feb 2025 [10] [11]	Incumbent	Mahama Second Term	National Democratic Congress

See also

• Africa portal

• Ministers of the Ghanaian Government
• Central Region

Notes

1. Vinorkor, Mark-Anthony (5 March 2020). "Evolution of the regions: from 5 to 16". Graphic Online. Graphic Communications Group Ltd. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
2. "Regions of Ghana". statoids.com. Gwillim Law and Shirley Law. 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
3. "Ghana Year Book". Ghana Year Book. Graphic Corporation: 17. 1961. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
4. "Ghana Year Book". Graphic Corporation. 1963: 17. Retrieved 24 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
5. "Ghanaian Ministers Tour USA". Ghana News: Dr Kwame Nkrumah Celebrates His 55th Birthday. 2 (9): 9. 21 September 1964. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
6. Ghana Year Book. Accra: Graphic Corporation. 1961.
7. "Regional Commissioners as at Sept. 1, 1978". Ghana News. 7 (8). Washington DC: Embassy of Ghana: 13. September 1978. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
8. "New Portfolios For Commissioners". Ghana News. 8 (7). Washington: Embassy of Ghana: 10. July 1979. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
9. "Parliament approves Nana Addo's regional minister nominees". Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always. 18 February 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
10. "Mahama swears in Sam George, Ablakwa, Akandoh, 14 other ministers". Modern Ghana. 7 February 2025. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
11. Iddi Yire (8 February 2025). "Mahama swears in 17 new Ministers, declaring no room for pomposity in his government". Ghana News Agency. Retrieved 18 February 2025.