# 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 a 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

| Number | Minister | Took office | Left office | Government | Party |
| 1 | Charles de Graft Dickson (MP) | 1957 | Dec 1959 | Nkrumah government | Convention Peoples' Party |
| 2 | R. O. Amoako-Atta (MP) | Dec 1959 | Jul 1960 | Nkrumah government | Convention Peoples' Party |
| 3 | Osei Owusu Afriyie (MP) | 1960 | 1961 | Nkrumah government | Convention Peoples' Party |
| 4 | R. O. Amoako-Atta (MP) | Nov 1961 | Oct 1963 | Nkrumah government | Convention Peoples' Party |
| 5 | Stephen Willie Yeboah (MP) | Oct 1963 | 1965 | Nkrumah government | Convention Peoples' Party |
| 6 | R. O. Amoako-Atta (MP) | 1965 | Feb 1966 | Nkrumah government | Convention Peoples' Party |
| 7 | Brigadier D. C. K. Amenu | Feb 1966 | April 1967 | National Liberation Council | Military government |
| 8 | J. T. D. Addy | April 1967 | May 1967 | National Liberation Council | Military government |
| 9 | G. K. Yarboi | May 1967 | 1969 | National Liberation Council | Military government |
| 10 | H. R. Annan (MP) | October 1969 | June 1971 | Busia government | Progress Party |
| 11 | Maxwell Owusu (MP) | June 1971 | January 1972 | Busia government | Progress Party |
| 12 | Lt. Colonel E. A. Baidoo (Regional Commissioner) | January 1972 | May 1974 | National Redemption Council | Military government |
| 13 | Commander Joy K. Amedume (Regional Commissioner) | May 1974 | October 1975 | National Redemption Council | Military government |
| 14 | Major L. K. Kodjiku (Regional Commissioner) | October 1975 | 1977 | Supreme Military Council | Military government |
| 15 | Commander G. E. Osei (Regional Commissioner) | 1977 | 1978 | Supreme Military Council | Military government |
| 16 | Colonel R. K. Zumah (Regional Commissioner) | 1978 | 4 June 1979 | Supreme Military Council | Military government |
| 16 | Colonel R. K. Zumah (Regional Commissioner) | 4 June 1979 | 24 September 1979 | Armed Forces Revolutionary Council | Military government |
| 17 | J. O. Afram | 1979 | 31 Dec 1981 | Limann government | People's National Party |
| 18 | J. Y. Ansah (Regional Secretary) | | | Provisional National Defence Council | Military government |
| 19 | Daniel Ohene Agyekum | April 1992 | 6 January 1993 | Provisional National Defence Council | Military government |
| 19 | Daniel Ohene Agyekum | 1993 | 6 Jan 1997 | Rawlings government | National Democratic Congress |
| 20 | Kojo Yankah | 1997 | 1999 | Rawlings government | National Democratic Congress |
| 21 | Samuel Nuamah Donkor | 1999 | 6 Jan 2001 | Rawlings government | National Democratic Congress |
| 22 | Sampson Kwaku Boafo | 2001 | 2006 | Kufuor government | New Patriotic Party |
| 23 | Emmanuel A. Owusu-Ansah | 2006 | January 2009 | Kufuor government | New Patriotic Party |
| 24 | Kofi Opoku-Manu | 2009 | 2011 | Mills government | National Democratic Congress |
| 25 | Kwaku Agyemang-Mensah | 2011 | 24 July 2012 | Mills government | National Democratic Congress |
| 25 | Kwaku Agyemang-Mensah | 24 July 2012 | January 2013 | Mahama government | National Democratic Congress |
| 25 | Samuel Sarpong | February 2013 | March 2013 | Mahama government | National Democratic Congress |
| 26 | Eric Opoku | March 2013 | July 2014 | Mahama government | National Democratic Congress |
| 27 | Samuel Sarpong | July 2014 | March 2015 | Mahama government | National Democratic Congress |
| 28 | Peter Anarfi-Mensah | March 2015 | 2017 | Mahama government | National Democratic Congress |
| 29 | Simon Osei-Mensah | February 2017 | January 2025 | Akufo-Addo government | New Patriotic Party |
| 30 | Frank Amoakohene | 30 January 2025 | Incumbent | Mahama government 2 | National Democratic Congress |