Ashanti Regional Minister

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.

List of Ashanti Regional Ministers

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Number Minister Took office Left office Government Party
1 Osei Owusu Afriyie (MP)[1]
1960 1961 Nkrumah government Convention Peoples' Party
2 Stephen Willie Yeboah[2] c. 1964
3 Brigadier D. C. K. Amenu 1966 1967 National Liberation Council Military government
4 J. T. D. Addy April 1967 May 1967
5 G. K. Yarboi May 1967 1969
6 H. R. Annan October 1969 June 1971 Busia government Progress Party
7 Maxwell Owusu June 1971 January 1972
8 Lt. Colonel E. A. Baidoo[3]
(Regional Commissioner)
January 1972 National Redemption Council Military government
9 Commander Joy K. Amedume
(Regional Commissioner)
1974 October 1975
10 Major L. K. Kodjiku[4]
(Regional Commissioner)
October 1975 1977 Supreme Military Council
11 Commander G. E. Osei[5]
(Regional Commissioner)
1977 1978
12 Colonel R. K. Zumah[6]
(Regional Commissioner)
1978 June 1979
June 1979 September 1979 Armed Forces Revolutionary Council
13 J. O. Afram 1979 Limann government People's National Party
14 J. Y. Ansah
(Regional Secretary)
Provisional National Defence Council Military government
15 Daniel Ohene Agyekum 1993 1997 Rawlings government National Democratic Congress
16 Kojo Yankah[7] 1997 1999
17 Samuel Nuamah Donkor 1999
18 Sampson Kwaku Boafo[8] 2001 2006 Kufuor government New Patriotic Party
19 Emmanuel A. Owusu-Ansah[9] 2006 January 2009
20 Kofi Opoku-Manu 2009 2011 Mills government National Democratic Congress
21 Kwaku Agyemang-Mensah 2011 July 2012
July 2012 January 2013 Mahama government
22 Samuel Sarpong February 2013 March 2013
23 Eric Opoku March 2013 July 2014
24 Samuel Sarpong July 2014 March 2015
25 Peter Anarfi-Mensah March 2015 2017
26 Simon Osei-Mensah[10] February 2017 Incumbent Akufo-Addo government New Patriotic Party

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  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 12 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Ghanaian Ministers Tour USA". Ghana News: Dr Kwame Nkrumah Celebrates His 55th Birthday. 2 (9): 9. 21 September 1964. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  3. ^ Jubilee Ghana - A 50-year news journey thru' Graphic. Accra, Ghana: Graphic Communications Group Ltd. 2006. p. 171. ISBN 9988809786.
  4. ^ Nkrumah, I. K., ed. (2 June 1976). "Ahlijah Calls on Otumfuo". Newspaper. No. 7968. Graphic Communications Group Ltd. Daily Graphic. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "Regional Commissioners as at Sept. 1, 1978". Ghana News. 7 (8). Washington DC: Embassy of Ghana: 13. September 1978. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  7. ^ "Cabinet reshuffles, Kojo Yankah out of Ashanti". www.ghanaweb.com. Ghana Web. 4 November 1999. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  8. ^ "Twenty-nine Ministers sworn into office". www.ghanaweb.com. Ghana Web. 2 February 2005. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  9. ^ "New Ministerial List: Summary". www.ghanaweb.com. Ghana Web. 13 May 2006. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  10. ^ "Regional Ministers Approved". www.ghanaweb.com. Ghana Web. 18 February 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2020.