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

Number Minister Took office Left office Government Party 1 Charles de Graft Dickson (MP) 1957 Dec 1959 Nkrumah government Convention Peoples' Party 2 R. O. Amoako-Atta (MP) Dec 1959 Jul 1960 3 Osei Owusu Afriyie (MP) 1960 1961 4 R. O. Amoako-Atta (MP) Nov 1961 Oct 1963 5 Stephen Willie Yeboah (MP) Oct 1963 1965 6 R. O. Amoako-Atta (MP) 1965 Feb 1966 7 Brigadier D. C. K. Amenu Feb 1966 April 1967 National Liberation Council Military government 8 J. T. D. Addy April 1967 May 1967 9 G. K. Yarboi May 1967 1969 10 H. R. Annan (MP) October 1969 June 1971 Busia government Progress Party 11 Maxwell Owusu (MP) June 1971 January 1972 12 Lt. Colonel E. A. Baidoo(Regional Commissioner) January 1972 May 1974 National Redemption Council Military government 13 Commander Joy K. Amedume(Regional Commissioner) May 1974 October 1975 14 Major L. K. Kodjiku(Regional Commissioner) October 1975 1977 Supreme Military Council 15 Commander G. E. Osei(Regional Commissioner) 1977 1978 16 Colonel R. K. Zumah(Regional Commissioner) 1978 4 June 1979 4 June 1979 24 September 1979 Armed Forces Revolutionary Council 17 J. O. Afram 1979 31 Dec 1981 Limann government People's National Party 18 J. Y. Ansah(Regional Secretary) Provisional National Defence Council Military government19 Daniel Ohene Agyekum April 1992 6 January 1993 1993 6 Jan 1997 Rawlings government National Democratic Congress 20 Kojo Yankah 1997 1999 21 Samuel Nuamah Donkor 1999 6 Jan 2001 22 Sampson Kwaku Boafo 2001 2006 Kufuor government New Patriotic Party 23 Emmanuel A. Owusu-Ansah 2006 January 2009 24 Kofi Opoku-Manu 2009 2011 Mills government National Democratic Congress25 Kwaku Agyemang-Mensah 2011 24 July 2012 24 July 2012 January 2013 Mahama government 25 Samuel Sarpong February 2013 March 2013 26 Eric Opoku March 2013 July 2014 27 Samuel Sarpong July 2014 March 2015 28 Peter Anarfi-Mensah March 2015 2017 29 Simon Osei-Mensah February 2017 January 2025 Akufo-Addo government New Patriotic Party 30 Frank Amoakohene 30 January 2025 Incumbent Mahama government 2 National Democratic Congress

See also

Ministers of the Ghanaian Government Ashanti Region

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