# Central Regional Minister

The Central Regional Minister is the Ghana government official who is responsible for overseeing the administration of the Central Region of Ghana. The area currently covered by the Central Region used to be part of the Western Province in the Gold Coast under British colonial rule. The Western Province which had become the Western Region after Ghana became an independent country was split into the Western and Central Regions. The seat of the regional administration is located in Cape Coast, the capital.

## List of Central Regional Ministers

| Number | Minister | Took office | Left office | Government | Party |
| 1 | Joseph Essilfie Hagan (MP) | October 1960 | 1965 | Nkrumah government | Convention Peoples' Party |
| 2 | Emmanuel Humphrey Tettey Korboe (MP) | 1965 | February 1966 | Nkrumah government | Convention Peoples' Party |
| 3 | Lt.-Colonel R. J. G. Dontoh | 1966 | 1967 | Military government | National Liberation Council |
| 4 | Brig. Alexander A. Crabbe | 1967 | 1969 | Military government | National Liberation Council |
| 5 | Jonah Abraham Annobil (MP) | 1969 | January 1972 | Busia government | Progress Party |
| 6 | Colonel Frank Bernasko | 1972 | 1973 | Military government | National Redemption Council |
| 7 | Commander Joy Amedume | 1973 | 1974 | Military government | National Redemption Council |
| 8 | Lt. Colonel E. A. Baidoo | 1974 | October 1975 | Military government | National Redemption Council |
| 9 | Major J. A. Awuni | 1975 | 1977 | Military government | Supreme Military Council |
| 10 | Commander John A. K. Otoo | 1977 | 1978 | Military government | Supreme Military Council |
| 11 | Lt. Colonel William Adjei Thompson | 1978 | 1979 | Military government | Supreme Military Council |
| 12 | Kobena Gyapea Erbynn | 1979 | 1979 | Military government | Armed Forces Revolutionary Council |
| 13 | Kankam da Costa | ? | ? | Limann government | People's National Party |
| 14 | | 1979 | ? | Military government | Provisional National Defence Council |
| 15 | Ato Austin | 1988 | 1993 | Military government | Provisional National Defence Council |
| 16 | Ebenezer Kobina Fosu | ? | ? | Rawlings government | National Democratic Congress |
| 17 | Kojo Yankah (MP) | 1997 | 1998 | Rawlings government | National Democratic Congress |
| 18 | Jacob Arthur | | | Rawlings government | National Democratic Congress |
| 19 | Isaac Edumadze | 2001 | 2006 | Kufuor government | New Patriotic Party |
| 20 | Nana Ato Arthur | 2006 | 2009 | Kufuor government | New Patriotic Party |
| 21 | Ama Benyiwa-Doe | 2009 | 2012 | Mills government | National Democratic Congress |
| 22 | Ama Benyiwa-Doe | 2012 | 2013 | Mahama government | National Democratic Congress |
| 23 | Ebenezer Kwadwo Teye Addo | 2013 | 2013 | Mahama government | National Democratic Congress |
| 24 | Samuel Sarpong | 2013 | 2014 | Mahama government | National Democratic Congress |
| 25 | Aquinas Tawiah Quansah (MP) | 2014 | 2016 | Mahama government | National Democratic Congress |
| 26 | Kweku George Ricketts-Hagan (MP) | 2016 | 2017 | Mahama government | National Democratic Congress |
| 27 | Kwamena Duncan | 2017 | 6 January 2025 | Akufo-Addo government | New Patriotic Party |
| 28 | Eduamoah Ekow Panyin Okyere | 7 Feb 2025 | Incumbent | Mahama Second Term | National Democratic Congress |