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.[1] [2] The seat of the regional administration is located in Cape Coast, the capital.
| Number | width=250 | Minister | Took office | Left office | width=200 | Government | width=250 | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joseph Essilfie Hagan (MP)[3] [4] | [5] | Convention Peoples' Party | |||||
| 2 | 1966 | 1967 | Military government | |||||
| 3 | Brig. Alexander A. Crabbe | 1967 | 1969 | |||||
| 4 | Jonah Abraham Annobil (MP) | 1969 | 1972 | |||||
| 5 | 1972 | 1973 | Military government | |||||
| 6 | 1973 | 1974 | ||||||
| 7 | Lt. Colonel E. A. Baidoo | 1974 | October 1975 | |||||
| 8 | Major J. A. Awuni | 1975 | 1977 | |||||
| 9 | Commander John A. K. Otoo | 1977 | 1978 | |||||
| 10 | Lt. Colonel William Adjei Thompson[6] | 1978 | 1979 | |||||
| 11 | Kobena Gyapea Erbynn[7] | 1979 | 1979 | |||||
| 12 | Kankam da Costa | ? | ? | |||||
| 13 | 1979 | ? | Military government | |||||
| 14 | 1988 | 1993 | ||||||
| 15 | ? | ? | ||||||
| 16 | Kojo Yankah (MP) | 1997 | 1998 | |||||
| 17 | ||||||||
| 18 | Isaac Edumadze | 2001 | 2006 | |||||
| 19 | 2006 | 2009 | ||||||
| 20 | 2009 | 2012 | National Democratic Congress | |||||
| 21 | 2012 | 2013 | ||||||
| 22 | 2013 | 2013 | ||||||
| 23 | 2013 | 2014 | ||||||
| 24 | Aquinas Tawiah Quansah (MP) | 2014 | 2016 | |||||
| 25 | Kweku George Ricketts-Hagan (MP) | 2016 | 2017 | |||||
| 26 | Kwamena Duncan[8] | 2017 | incumbent | New Patriotic Party | ||||