# 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 (PNDCL 26) 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 (MP) (Special Commissioner for Greater Accra) | August 1964 | 1965 | Nkrumah government | Convention Peoples' Party |
| 2 | Henry Sonnie Torgbor Provencal (MP) | 1965 | February 1966 | Nkrumah government | Convention Peoples' Party |
| 3 | Rear Admiral D. A. Hansen (Regional Administrative Committee Chairman) | 1966 | 1967 | National Liberation Council | Military government |
| 4 | J. G. Smith (Regional Administrative Committee Chairman) | 1967 | 1969 | National Liberation Council | Military government |
| 5 | A. S. O. Mensah (Regional Chief Executive) | 1969 | January 1972 | Busia government | Progress Party |
| 6 | Colonel W. C. O. Acquaye-Nortey (Regional Commissioner) | 14 January 1972 | 29 May 1973 | National Redemption Council | Military government |
| 7 | Lt. Colonel P. K. D. Habadah (Regional Commissioner) | 30 May 1973 | 9 October 1975 | National Redemption Council | Military government |
| 8 | Lt. Colonel William Adjei Thompson (Regional Commissioner) | 9 October 1975 | 1977 | Supreme Military Council | Military government |
| 9 | Lt. Colonel L. K. Kodjiku (Regional Commissioner) | 1977 | 1978 | Supreme Military Council | Military government |
| 10 | Commander G. E. Osei (Regional Commissioner) | 1978 | June 1979 | Supreme Military Council | Military government |
| 11 | E. R. K. Dwemoh (Regional Commissioner) | June 1979 | September 1979 | Armed Forces Revolutionary Council | Military government |
| 12 | I. T. Torto | c. 1980 | 31 December 1981 | Limann government | People's National Party |
| 13 | Atukwei Okai (Regional Secretary) | 1982 | 28 July 1982 | Provisional National Defence Council | Military government |
| 14 | Amarkai Amarteifio (Regional Secretary) | 28 July 1982 | 1985 | Provisional National Defence Council | Military government |
| 15 | Col (rtd) William Adjei Thompson (Regional Secretary) | 1985 | 1986 | Provisional National Defence Council | Military government |
| 16 | Selina Taylor(Regional Secretary) | 1986 | 1988 | Provisional National Defence Council | Military government |
| 17 | Col (rtd) William Adjei Thompson (Regional Secretary) | April 1988 | 1991 | Provisional National Defence Council | Military government |
| 18 | Nii Okaidja Adamafio (Regional Secretary) | 1991 | 1993 | Provisional National Defence Council | Military government |
| 19 | Mike Gizo (MP) | 1993 | 1997 | Rawlings government | National Democratic Congress |
| 20 | Joshua Alabi (MP) | 1997 | 1998 | Rawlings government | National Democratic Congress |
| 21 | Daniel Ohene Agyekum | 1998 | January 2000 | Rawlings government | National Democratic Congress |
| 22 | Joshua Alabi (MP) | January 2000 | January 2001 | Rawlings government | National Democratic Congress |
| 23 | Sheikh I. C. Quaye | 2001 | January 2009 | Kufuor government | New Patriotic Party |
| 24 | Nii Armah Ashitey (MP) | 2009 | July 2012 | Mills government | National Democratic Congress |
| 24 | Nii Armah Ashitey (MP) | July 2012 | January 2013 | Mahama government | National Democratic Congress |
| 25 | Joshua Nii Laryea Afotey-Agbo (MP) | February 2013 | March 2013 | Mahama government | National Democratic Congress |
| 26 | Julius Debrah | March 2013 | July 2014 | Mahama government | National Democratic Congress |
| 27 | Joshua Nii Laryea Afotey-Agbo (MP) | May 2014 | January 2017 | Mahama government | National Democratic Congress |
| 28 | Ishmael Ashitey | February 2017 | March 2021 | Akufo-Addo government | New Patriotic Party |
| 29 | Henry Quartey (MP) | March 2021 | 14 February 2024 | Akufo-Addo government | New Patriotic Party |
| 30 | Nii Kwartei Titus Glover (MP) | 14 February 2024 | 6 January 2025 | Akufo-Addo government | New Patriotic Party |
| 31 | Linda Obenewaa Akweley Ocloo | 30 January 2025 | Incumbent | Mahama government 2 | National Democratic Congress |