Northern Regional Minister

The Northern Regional Minister is the Ghana government official who is responsible for overseeing the administration of the Northern Region of Ghana. The boundaries of the Northern Region have changed at various times in Ghana's history. Following the December 2018 referendums, the North East Region has been carved out of it. There are currently sixteen administrative regions in Ghana.

List of Northern Regional Ministers

Number	Minister	Took office	Left office	Government	Party
1	Emmanuel Adama Mahama [1] (MP)	1964		Nkrumah government	Convention Peoples' Party
2	J. M. Kporvi	1966	1967	National Liberation Council	Military government
3	Col. D. Laryea	1967	1968
4	Seth Birikiorang	1968	1969
5	H. A. Nuamah	1969	1969
6	J. A. Braimah	1969	1972	Busia government	Progress Party
7	Lt. Colonel D. A. Iddisah	1972	?	National Redemption Council	Military government
8	Colonel P. K. Agyekum	1973	April 1974
9	Lt. Colonel Festus F. Addae	April 1974	9 October 1975
10	Major R. K. Zumah	9 October 1975	1978	Supreme Military Council
11	Lt. Colonel L. K. Kodjiku [2]	1978	1979
		June 1979	September 1979	Armed Forces Revolutionary Council
12	Alhaji I. Haruna [3]	?	?	Limann government	People's National Party
13	Thomas Ibrahim	1982	?	Provisional National Defence Council	Military government
14	D. S. Zachariah [4]	1986	?
15	Abdulai Ibrahim	?	?	Rawlings government	National Democratic Congress
16	Seidu Iddi	?	?
17	Ben Salifu [5]	February 2001	November 2001	Kufuor government	New Patriotic Party
18	Prince Imoru Andani [6]	November 2001	May 2003
19	Ernest Debrah [5]	May 2003	February 2005
20	Boniface Abubakar Siddique [7]	2005	2006
21	Mustapha Ali Idris [8]	2006	January 2009
22	S.S. Nanyina	2009	2010	Mills government	National Democratic Congress
23	Moses Bukari Mabengba	2010	July 2012
		July 2012	March 2013	Mahama government
24	Bede Ziedeng [9]	March 2013	July 2014
25	Limuna Mohammed Muniru	July 2014	January 2017
26	Salifu Saeed [10]	February 2017	March 2021	Akufo-Addo government	New Patriotic Party
27	Alhaji Shani Alhassan Saibu	March 2021 [11]	January 2025
28	Ali Adolf John [12]	January 2025	Incumbent	Mahama government (from 2025)	National Democratic Congress

See also

• Africa portal

• Ministers of the Ghanaian Government
• Northern Region

Notes

1. "Ghanaian Ministers Tour USA". Ghana News: Dr Kwame Nkrumah Celebrates His 55th Birthday. 2 (9). Washington DC: Embassy of Ghana.: 9 21 September 1964. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
2. "Regional Commissioners as at Sept. 1, 1978". Ghana News. 7 (8). Washington DC: Embassy of Ghana: 13. September 1978. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
3. Apponsah, Kwamena (1 February 1980). "President Arrives in Tamale". Daily Graphic. No. 9106. Accra: Graphic Communications Group Ltd. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
4. "PNDC Regional Secretaries". Ghana News. 15 (5). Washington D C: Embassy of Ghana: 2. May 1986.
5. "Report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Creation of New Regions" (PDF). 26 June 2018. p. 288. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
6. "Two Ministers Resign Over Yendi Conflict". GhanaWeb. 29 March 2002. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
7. "Twenty-nine Ministers sworn into office". GhanaWeb. 2 February 2005. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
8. "New Ministerial List: Summary". GhanaWeb. 13 May 2006. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
9. "Bede Ziedeng takes over as Northern Regional Minister". Politics. ModernGhana.com. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
10. Boateng, Kojo Akoto (18 February 2017). "Parliament approves Nana Addo's regional minister nominees". Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
11. "Hon. Shani Alhassan Shaibu, how will he fare in the northern region?". GhanaWeb. 2021-05-06. Archived from the original on 2024-12-26. Retrieved 2025-02-03.
12. "Mahama swears-in 14 new ministers". 2025-01-30. Retrieved 2025-02-03.