Greater Accra Regional Minister

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The Greater Accra Regional Minister is the Ghana government official who is responsible for overseeing the administration of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. The region was initially an administrative district within the Eastern Region of Ghana. The region was formally created by law in July 1982 by Provisional National Defence Council government through the Greater Accra Region Law (PNDCL 26) as a legally separate region. Currently, the southern boundary of the Greater Accra Region is the Atlantic Ocean. To the east is the Volta Region, Central Region to the west and the Eastern Region to the north. There are currently sixteen administrative regions in Ghana.

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List of Greater Accra Regional Ministers

NumberMinisterTook officeLeft officeGovernmentParty
1 Paul Tagoe (MP) [1]
(Special Commissioner for Greater Accra)		August 19641965 Nkrumah government Convention Peoples' Party
2 Henry Sonnie Torgbor Provencal (MP)1965February 1966
3 Rear Admiral D. A. Hansen
(Regional Administrative Committee Chairman)		19661967 National Liberation Council Military government
4 J. G. Smith
(Regional Administrative Committee Chairman)		19671969
5 A. S. O. Mensah
(Regional Chief Executive)		1969January 1972 Busia government Progress Party
6Colonel W. C. O. Acquaye-Nortey [2]
(Regional Commissioner)		14 January 1972 [3] 29 May 1973 National Redemption Council Military government
7Lt. Colonel P. K. D. Habadah [4]
(Regional Commissioner)		30 May 19739 October 1975
8Lt. Colonel William Adjei Thompson [3]
(Regional Commissioner)		9 October 19751977 Supreme Military Council
9Lt. Colonel L. K. Kodjiku
(Regional Commissioner)		19771978
10Commander G. E. Osei [5]
(Regional Commissioner)		1978June 1979
11E. R. K. Dwemoh [6]
(Regional Commissioner)		June 1979September 1979 Armed Forces Revolutionary Council
12I. T. Torto [7] [8] c. 198031 December 1981 Limann government People's National Party
13 Atukwei Okai
(Regional Secretary) [9] 		198228 July 1982 Provisional National Defence Council Military government
14 Amarkai Amarteifio
(Regional Secretary)		28 July 1982 [9] 1985
15Col (rtd) William Adjei Thompson

(Regional Secretary)

19851986
16Selina Taylor [10] (Regional Secretary)19861988
17Col (rtd) William Adjei Thompson

(Regional Secretary)

April 19881991
18 Nii Okaidja Adamafio
(Regional Secretary)		19911993
19 Mike Gizo [11] [12] (MP)1993 [13] 1997 Rawlings government National Democratic Congress
20 Joshua Alabi (MP)19971998
21 Daniel Ohene Agyekum [14] [15] 1998January 2000
22 Joshua Alabi [15] (MP)January 2000January 2001
23 Sheikh I. C. Quaye [16] 2001January 2009 Kufuor government New Patriotic Party
24 Nii Armah Ashitey (MP)2009July 2012 Mills government National Democratic Congress
July 2012January 2013 Mahama government
25 Joshua Nii Laryea Afotey-Agbo (MP)February 2013March 2013 [17]
26 Julius Debrah [18] March 2013July 2014
27 Joshua Nii Laryea Afotey-Agbo (MP)May 2014January 2017
28 Ishmael Ashitey [19] February 2017March 2021 Akufo-Addo government New Patriotic Party
29 Henry Quartey [20] (MP)March 2021Incumbent

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Notes

  1. ↑ "Ghana Government Heads Pledge Loyalty - Accra Ghana Domestic Service in English 0600 GMT 12 February 1965". Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts (13): I2. 16 February 1965. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  2. ↑ Tetteh, Ernest H. C. (2012-04-27). THE OUTDOORING, DEDICATION AND NAMING OF AN AFRICAN CHILD VOLUME 1. Lulu.com. ISBN   978-1-365-06952-9.
  3. 1 2 Secretary, Ghana Supreme Military Council Office of the Press (1977). General Kutu Acheampong: The Fifth Milestone, 13th January 1976-12th January 1977. Office of the Press Secretary to the Supreme Military Council.
  4. ↑ Jubilee Ghana - 50-year news journey thro' Ghana. Accra, Ghana: Graphic Communications Group Ltd. 2006. p. 185. ISBN   9988809786.
  5. ↑ "Regional Commissioners as at Sept. 1, 1978". Ghana News. Washington DC: Embassy of Ghana. 7 (8): 13. September 1978. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  6. ↑ "New Portfolios For Commissioners". Ghana News. Washington: Embassy of Ghana. 8 (7): 10. July 1979. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  7. ↑ "Exercise Restraint. Limann Tells Ghanaian Workers". Daily Graphic. No. 9132. Accra: Graphic Communications Group Ltd. 3 March 1980. p. 1. Retrieved 11 April 2020. Also in the picture are I. T. Torto (extreme left), Greater Accra Regional Minister
  8. ↑ "Trial Census Begins in Aug". Ghana News. Washington DC: Embassy of Ghana. 10 (8): 6. August 1981. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  9. 1 2 Obed Yao Asamoah, Dr (20 October 2014). The Political History of Ghana (1950-2013). ISBN   9781496985637.
  10. ↑ Ghana News. Embassy of Ghana. 1986.
  11. ↑ Jordan, Clive (1995). The Commonwealth Yearbook 1993-94: History Information Statistics from the 51 Commonwealth Countries and Their Dependencies Worldwide. H.M.S, O. ISBN   978-0-11-591711-0.
  12. ↑ Banks, William C. (1995-05-05). Political Handbook of the World, 1994-1995. CSA Publications. ISBN   978-0-933199-10-1.
  13. ↑ Aryeh, Elvis (April 1993). Daily Graphic: Issue 13170, April 1 1993. Graphic Communications Group.
  14. ↑ Quain, Anthony J. (1999-07-01). The Political Reference Almanac, 1999-2000. Keynote Publishing Company. ISBN   978-0-9670286-0-6.
  15. 1 2 "Rawlings Reshuffles Cabinet". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
  16. ↑ "Anane, Edumadze, Churcher and Quaye sworn into office". www.ghanaweb.com. Ghana Web. 17 February 2005. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  17. ↑ "Reshuffling Regional Ministers all too soon is impolitic". www.ghanaweb.com. Ghana Web. 12 March 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  18. ↑ Akpah, Prince (19 June 2013). "List of Regional Ministers in Ghana with Their Deputies". www.ghanaweb.com. Ghana Web. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  19. ↑ "Regional Ministers Approved". www.ghanaweb.com. Ghana Web. 18 February 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  20. ↑ "Greater Accra Regional Minister takes office". Graphic Online. Retrieved 2021-07-08.

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