Central Regional Minister

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.[1][2] 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
1Joseph Essilfie Hagan (MP)[3][4]October 19601965[5][6]Nkrumah governmentConvention Peoples' Party
2Emmanuel Humphrey Tettey Korboe (MP)1965February 1966
3Lt.-Colonel R. J. G. Dontoh19661967Military governmentNational Liberation Council
4Brig. Alexander A. Crabbe19671969
5Jonah Abraham Annobil (MP)1969January 1972Busia governmentProgress Party
6Colonel Frank Bernasko19721973Military governmentNational Redemption Council
7Commander Joy Amedume19731974
8Lt. Colonel E. A. Baidoo1974October 1975
9Major J. A. Awuni19751977Supreme Military Council
10Commander John A. K. Otoo19771978
11Lt. Colonel William Adjei Thompson[7]19781979
12Kobena Gyapea Erbynn[8]19791979Armed Forces Revolutionary Council
13Kankam da Costa??Limann governmentPeople's National Party
141979?Military governmentProvisional National Defence Council
15Ato Austin19881993
16Ebenezer Kobina Fosu??Rawlings governmentNational Democratic Congress
17Kojo Yankah (MP)19971998
18Jacob Arthur
19Isaac Edumadze20012006Kufuor governmentNew Patriotic Party
20Nana Ato Arthur20062009
21Ama Benyiwa-Doe20092012Mills governmentNational Democratic Congress
2220122013Mahama government
23Ebenezer Kwadwo Teye Addo20132013
24Samuel Sarpong20132014
25Aquinas Tawiah Quansah (MP)20142016
26Kweku George Ricketts-Hagan (MP)20162017
27Kwamena Duncan[9]20176 January 2025Akufo-Addo governmentNew Patriotic Party
28Eduamoah Ekow Panyin Okyere7 Feb 2025[10][11]IncumbentMahama Second TermNational Democratic Congress

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Vinorkor, Mark-Anthony (5 March 2020). "Evolution of the regions: from 5 to 16". Daily Graphic. Accra, Ghana. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  2. ↑ "Regions of Ghana". statoids.com. Gwillim Law and Shirley Law. 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  3. ↑ "Ghana Year Book". Ghana Year Book. Graphic Corporation: 17. 1961. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  4. ↑ "Ghana Year Book". Graphic Corporation. 1963: 17. Retrieved 24 November 2021. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. ↑ "Ghanaian Ministers Tour USA". Ghana News: Dr Kwame Nkrumah Celebrates His 55th Birthday. 2 (9): 9. 21 September 1964. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  6. ↑ Ghana Year Book. Accra: Graphic Corporation. 1961.
  7. ↑ "Regional Commissioners as at Sept. 1, 1978". Ghana News. 7 (8). Washington DC: Embassy of Ghana: 13. September 1978. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  8. ↑ "New Portfolios For Commissioners". Ghana News. 8 (7). Washington: Embassy of Ghana: 10. July 1979. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  9. ↑ "Parliament approves Nana Addo's regional minister nominees". Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always. 18 February 2017. Archived from the original on 30 June 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  10. ↑ "Mahama swears in Sam George, Ablakwa, Akandoh, 14 other ministers". Modern Ghana. 7 February 2025. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
  11. ↑ Iddi Yire (8 February 2025). "Mahama swears in 17 new Ministers, declaring no room for pomposity in his government". Ghana News Agency. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
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