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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
[edit]| 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
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ "Regional Commissioners as at Sept. 1, 1978". Ghana News. 7 (8). Washington DC: Embassy of Ghana: 13. September 1978. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
- ^ Apponsah, Kwamena (1 February 1980). "President Arrives in Tamale". Daily Graphic. No. 9106. Accra: Graphic Communications Group Ltd. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
- ^ "PNDC Regional Secretaries". Ghana News. 15 (5). Washington D C: Embassy of Ghana: 2. May 1986.
- ^ a b "Report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Creation of New Regions" (PDF). 26 June 2018. p. 288. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
- ^ "Two Ministers Resign Over Yendi Conflict". GhanaWeb. 29 March 2002. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
- ^ "Twenty-nine Ministers sworn into office". GhanaWeb. 2 February 2005. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
- ^ "New Ministerial List: Summary". GhanaWeb. 13 May 2006. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
- ^ "Bede Ziedeng takes over as Northern Regional Minister". Politics. ModernGhana.com. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
- ^ 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.
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