Greater Accra Regional Minister


The Greater Accra Regional Minister is the Ghana government official who is responsible for overseeing the administration of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. The region was initially an administrative district within the Eastern Region of Ghana. The region was formally created by law in July 1982 by Provisional National Defence Council government through the Greater Accra Region Law as a legally separate region. Currently, the southern boundary of the Greater Accra Region is the Atlantic Ocean. To the east is the Volta Region, Central Region to the west and the Eastern Region to the north. There are currently sixteen administrative regions in Ghana.

List of Greater Accra Regional Ministers

NumberMinisterTook officeLeft officeGovernmentParty
1Paul Tagoe
August 19641965Nkrumah governmentConvention Peoples' Party
2Rear Admiral D. A. Hansen1966National Liberation CouncilMilitary government
3A. S. O. Mensah 1969January 1972Busia governmentProgress Party
4Colonel Adjetey
19721972National Redemption CouncilMilitary government
5Lt. Colonel P. K. D. Habadah
1972October 1975National Redemption CouncilMilitary government
6Lt. Colonel William Adjei Thompson
19751977Supreme Military CouncilMilitary government
7Lt. Colonel L. K. Kodjiku
19771978Supreme Military CouncilMilitary government
8Commander G. E. Osei
1978June 1979Supreme Military CouncilMilitary government
9E. R. K. Dwemoh
June 1979September 1979Armed Forces Revolutionary CouncilMilitary government
10I. T. TortoDecember 1981Limann governmentPeople's National Party
11Nii Okaidja Adamafio
1982Provisional National Defence CouncilMilitary government
12Mike Gizo19931997Rawlings governmentNational Democratic Congress
13Joshua Alabi19972001Rawlings governmentNational Democratic Congress
14Sheikh I. C. Quaye2001January 2009Kufuor governmentNew Patriotic Party
15Nii Armah Ashitey2009July 2012Mills governmentNational Democratic Congress
15Nii Armah AshiteyJuly 2012January 2013Mahama governmentNational Democratic Congress
16Joshua Nii Laryea Afotey-Agbo February 2013March 2013Mahama governmentNational Democratic Congress
17Julius DebrahMarch 2013July 2014Mahama governmentNational Democratic Congress
18Joshua Nii Laryea Afotey-Agbo May 2014 2014January 2017Mahama governmentNational Democratic Congress
19Ishmael AshiteyFebruary 2017IncumbentAkufo-Addo governmentNew Patriotic Party