The Central Regional Minister is the Ghana government official who is responsible for overseeing the administration of the Central Region of Ghana. The area currently covered by the Central Region used to be part of the Western Province in the Gold Coast under British colonial rule. The Western Province which had become the Western Region after Ghana became an independent country was split into the Western and Central Regions. The seat of the regional administration is located in Cape Coast, the capital.

List of Central Regional Ministers

Number Minister Took office Left office Government Party 1 Joseph Essilfie Hagan (MP) October 1960 1965 Nkrumah government Convention Peoples' Party 2 Emmanuel Humphrey Tettey Korboe (MP) 1965 February 1966 3 Lt.-Colonel R. J. G. Dontoh 1966 1967 Military government National Liberation Council 4 Brig. Alexander A. Crabbe 1967 1969 5 Jonah Abraham Annobil (MP) 1969 January 1972 Busia government Progress Party 6 Colonel Frank Bernasko 1972 1973 Military government National Redemption Council 7 Commander Joy Amedume 1973 1974 8 Lt. Colonel E. A. Baidoo 1974 October 1975 9 Major J. A. Awuni 1975 1977 Supreme Military Council 10 Commander John A. K. Otoo 1977 1978 11 Lt. Colonel William Adjei Thompson 1978 1979 12 Kobena Gyapea Erbynn 1979 1979 Armed Forces Revolutionary Council 13 Kankam da Costa ? ? Limann government People's National Party 14 1979 ? Military government Provisional National Defence Council 15 Ato Austin 1988 1993 16 Ebenezer Kobina Fosu ? ? Rawlings government National Democratic Congress 17 Kojo Yankah (MP) 1997 1998 18 Jacob Arthur 19 Isaac Edumadze 2001 2006 Kufuor government New Patriotic Party 20 Nana Ato Arthur 2006 2009 21 Ama Benyiwa-Doe 2009 2012 Mills government National Democratic Congress 22 2012 2013 Mahama government 23 Ebenezer Kwadwo Teye Addo 2013 2013 24 Samuel Sarpong 2013 2014 25 Aquinas Tawiah Quansah (MP) 2014 2016 26 Kweku George Ricketts-Hagan (MP) 2016 2017 27 Kwamena Duncan 2017 6 January 2025 Akufo-Addo government New Patriotic Party 28 Eduamoah Ekow Panyin Okyere 7 Feb 2025 Incumbent Mahama Second Term National Democratic Congress

See also

Ministers of the Ghanaian Government Central Region

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