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(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
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c. 1600 | Invasion by Ngbanya clan, from Songhay in Mali | |
1675 | Establishment of Gonja paramount ruler Yagbongwura | |
Yagbongwura (Paramount Rulers) | ||
Ngbanya dynasty | ||
1675 to 1698 | Sumaila Ndewura Jakpa , Yagbongwura | |
1698 to 1698 | Limu , Yagbongwura | |
1698 to 1709 | Sulemana Jakpa | In rebellion |
1698 to 1698 | Lanyon, Regent | |
1698 to 1699 | Lanyon, Yagbongwura | |
1699 to February 1709 | Abbas | |
February 1709 to 25 May 1709 | Abbas , Yagbongwura | |
1709 to 1712 | Mahama Labayiru , Yagbongwura | |
1712 to ???? | Bur' Lanyon , Regent | |
???? to ???? | Kankanga , Yagbongwura | |
???? to ???? | Safu , Yagbongwura | |
???? to ???? | Kali , Yagbongwura | |
???? to 1858 | Jakpa , Yagbongwura | |
1858 to 1873 | Nyantachi , Yagbongwura | |
1873 to 18?? | Jiau , Yagbongwura | |
18?? to 18?? | Kpirku , Yagbongwura | |
18?? to 1891 | Kurbang , Yagbongwura | |
1891 to 1896 | Interregnum | |
1896 to 1907 | Pontomprong , Yagbongwura | |
1907 to 1909 | Lanyon , Yagbongwura | |
1909 to 1912 | Interregnum | |
1912 to 1937 | Dangbonga , Yagbongwura | |
1937 to 1942 | Banbanga , Yagbongwura | |
1942 to 1942 | Singbing Lanyon , Yagbongwura | |
1942 to 1975 | Ewuntoma , Yagbongwura | |
1975 to 1982 | Kurabaso , Yagbongwura | |
1983 to 26 January 1987 | Timu , Yagbongwura | |
1987 to 1990 | Kanyiti , Yagbongwura | |
1990 to 1992 | Bi-Awuribi , Yagbongwura | |
1992 to 1993 | Ale Adengi Tikpiri , Yagbongwura | |
7 December 1993 to 2000 | Bore Nyinche , Yagbongwura | |
2000 to 2010 | Bawah Abudu Doshie , Yagbongwura | |
March 2010 to 2023 | Yagbonwura Tumtunba Boresa II , Yagbonwura | Died on February 4, 2023 [1] |
March 2023 to present | Bikunuto Jewu Soale I , Yagbongwura | |