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The Northern Regional Minister is the Ghana government official who is responsible for overseeing the administration of the Northern Region of Ghana. The boundaries of the Northern Region have changed at various times in Ghana's history. Following the December 2018 referendums, the North East Region has been carved out of it. There are currently sixteen administrative regions in Ghana.

List of Northern Regional Ministers

Number Minister Took office Left office Government Party
1 Emmanuel Adama Mahama[1] (MP) 1964 Nkrumah government Convention Peoples' Party
2 J. M. Kporvi 1966 1967 National Liberation Council Military government
3 Col. D. Laryea 1967 1968
4 Seth Birikiorang 1968 1969
5 H. A. Nuamah 1969 1969
6 J. A. Braimah 1969 1972 Busia government Progress Party
7 Lt. Colonel D. A. Iddisah 1972 ? National Redemption Council Military government
8 Colonel P. K. Agyekum 1973 April 1974
9 Lt. Colonel Festus F. Addae April 1974 9 October 1975
10 Major R. K. Zumah 9 October 1975 1978 Supreme Military Council
11 Lt. Colonel L. K. Kodjiku[2] 1978 1979
June 1979 September 1979 Armed Forces Revolutionary Council
12 Alhaji I. Haruna[3] ? ? Limann government People's National Party
13 Thomas Ibrahim 1982 ? Provisional National Defence Council Military government
14 D. S. Zachariah[4] 1986 ?
15 Abdulai Ibrahim ? ? Rawlings government National Democratic Congress
16 Seidu Iddi ? ?
17 Ben Salifu[5] February 2001 November 2001 Kufuor government New Patriotic Party
18 Prince Imoru Andani[6] November 2001 May 2003
19 Ernest Debrah[5] May 2003 February 2005
20 Boniface Abubakar Siddique[7] 2005 2006
21 Mustapha Ali Idris[8] 2006 January 2009
22 S.S. Nanyina 2009 2010 Mills government National Democratic Congress
23 Moses Bukari Mabengba 2010 July 2012
July 2012 March 2013 Mahama government
24 Bede Ziedeng[9] March 2013 July 2014
25 Limuna Mohammed Muniru July 2014 January 2017
26 Salifu Saeed[10] February 2017 Incumbent Akufo-Addo government New Patriotic Party

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "Ghanaian Ministers Tour USA". Ghana News: Dr Kwame Nkrumah Celebrates His 55th Birthday. 2 (9). Washington DC: Embassy of Ghana.: 9 21 September 1964. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Regional Commissioners as at Sept. 1, 1978". Ghana News. 7 (8). Washington DC: Embassy of Ghana: 13. September 1978. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  3. ^ Apponsah, Kwamena (1 February 1980). "President Arrives in Tamale". Daily Graphic. No. 9106. Accra: Graphic Communications Group Ltd. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  4. ^ "PNDC Regional Secretaries". Ghana News. 15 (5). Washington D C: Embassy of Ghana: 2. May 1986.
  5. ^ a b "Report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Creation of New Regions" (PDF). 26 June 2018. p. 288. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  6. ^ "Two Ministers Resign Over Yendi Conflict". GhanaWeb. 29 March 2002. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  7. ^ "Twenty-nine Ministers sworn into office". GhanaWeb. 2 February 2005. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  8. ^ "New Ministerial List: Summary". GhanaWeb. 13 May 2006. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  9. ^ "Bede Ziedeng takes over as Northern Regional Minister". Politics. ModernGhana.com. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
  10. ^ Boateng, Kojo Akoto (18 February 2017). "Parliament approves Nana Addo's regional minister nominees". Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always. Retrieved 2 September 2022.