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
Number | Minister | Took office | Left office | Government | Party |
1 | Paul Tagoe | August 1964 | 1965 | Nkrumah government | Convention Peoples' Party |
2 | Rear Admiral D. A. Hansen | 1966 | National Liberation Council | Military government | |
3 | A. S. O. Mensah | 1969 | January 1972 | Busia government | Progress Party |
4 | Colonel Adjetey | 1972 | 1972 | National Redemption Council | Military government |
5 | Lt. Colonel P. K. D. Habadah | 1972 | October 1975 | National Redemption Council | Military government |
6 | Lt. Colonel William Adjei Thompson | 1975 | 1977 | Supreme Military Council | Military government |
7 | Lt. Colonel L. K. Kodjiku | 1977 | 1978 | Supreme Military Council | Military government |
8 | Commander G. E. Osei | 1978 | June 1979 | Supreme Military Council | Military government |
9 | E. R. K. Dwemoh | June 1979 | September 1979 | Armed Forces Revolutionary Council | Military government |
10 | I. T. Torto | December 1981 | Limann government | People's National Party | |
11 | Nii Okaidja Adamafio | 1982 | Provisional National Defence Council | Military government | |
12 | Mike Gizo | 1993 | 1997 | Rawlings government | National Democratic Congress |
13 | Joshua Alabi | 1997 | 2001 | Rawlings government | National Democratic Congress |
14 | Sheikh I. C. Quaye | 2001 | January 2009 | Kufuor government | New Patriotic Party |
15 | Nii Armah Ashitey | 2009 | July 2012 | Mills government | National Democratic Congress |
15 | Nii Armah Ashitey | July 2012 | January 2013 | Mahama government | National Democratic Congress |
16 | Joshua Nii Laryea Afotey-Agbo | February 2013 | March 2013 | Mahama government | National Democratic Congress |
17 | Julius Debrah | March 2013 | July 2014 | Mahama government | National Democratic Congress |
18 | Joshua Nii Laryea Afotey-Agbo | May 2014 2014 | January 2017 | Mahama government | National Democratic Congress |
19 | Ishmael Ashitey | February 2017 | Incumbent | Akufo-Addo government | New Patriotic Party |