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 an 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

NumberMinisterTook officeLeft officeGovernmentParty
1Osei Owusu Afriyie
Nkrumah governmentConvention Peoples' Party
2Stephen Willie YeboahNkrumah governmentConvention Peoples' Party
3Brigadier D. C. K. Amenu1966?National Liberation CouncilMilitary government
4H. R. Annan 1969January 1972Busia governmentProgress Party
5Lt. Colonel E. A. Baidoo
January 1972National Redemption CouncilMilitary government
6Commander Joy K. Amedume
1974October 1975National Redemption CouncilMilitary government
7Major L. K. Kodjiku
October 19751977Supreme Military CouncilMilitary government
8Commander G. E. Osei
19771978Supreme Military CouncilMilitary government
9Colonel R. K. Zumah
1978June 1979Supreme Military CouncilMilitary government
9Colonel R. K. Zumah
June 1979September 1979Armed Forces Revolutionary CouncilMilitary government
10J. O. Afram1979Limann governmentPeople's National Party
11J. Y. Ansah
Provisional National Defence CouncilMilitary government
12Daniel Ohene Agyekum19931997Rawlings governmentNational Democratic Congress
13Kojo Yankah1999Rawlings governmentNational Democratic Congress
14Samuel Nuamah-Donkoh1999Rawlings governmentNational Democratic Congress
15Sampson Kwaku Boafo20012006Kufuor governmentNew Patriotic Party
16Emmanuel A. Owusu-Ansah2006January 2009Kufuor governmentNew Patriotic Party
17Kofi Opoku-Manu20092011Mills governmentNational Democratic Congress
18Kwaku Agyemang-Mensah2011July 2012Mills governmentNational Democratic Congress
18Kwaku Agyemang-MensahJuly 2012January 2013Mahama governmentNational Democratic Congress
19Samuel SarpongFebruary 2013March 2013Mahama governmentNational Democratic Congress
20Eric OpokuMarch 2013July 2014Mahama governmentNational Democratic Congress
21Samuel SarpongJuly 2014March 2015Mahama governmentNational Democratic Congress
22Peter Anarfi-MensahMarch 20152017Mahama governmentNational Democratic Congress
23Simon Osei-MensahFebruary 2017IncumbentAkufo-Addo governmentNew Patriotic Party