Northern Regional Minister Explained

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	width=200	Minister	Took office	Left office	width=200	Government	width=200	Party
1	Emmanuel Adama Mahama^[1] (MP)	1964			Convention Peoples' Party
2		1966	1967		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		Progress Party
7	Lt. Colonel D. A. Iddisah	1972	?		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
12	Alhaji I. Haruna^[3]	?	?
13	Thomas Ibrahim	1982	?		Military government
14	D. S. Zachariah^[4]	1986	?
15		?	?
16		?	?
17	Ben Salifu^[5]	February 2001	November 2001
18	Prince Imoru Andani^[6]	November 2001	May 2003
19		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		National Democratic Congress
23	Moses Bukari Mabengba	2010	July 2012
		July 2012	March 2013
24	Bede Ziedeng^[9]	March 2013	July 2014
25		July 2014	January 2017
26	Salifu Saeed^[10]	February 2017	Incumbent		New Patriotic Party

See also

• Ministers of the Ghanaian Government
• Northern Region

Notes and References

1. Ghanaian Ministers Tour USA . Ghana News: Dr Kwame Nkrumah Celebrates His 55th Birthday . 21 September 1964 . 2 . 9 . 9 . 2 September 2022 . Embassy of Ghana. . Washington DC . en.
2. Regional Commissioners as at Sept. 1, 1978 . Ghana News . September 1978 . 7 . 8 . 13 . 2 September 2022 . Embassy of Ghana . Washington DC.
3. News: Apponsah . Kwamena . President Arrives in Tamale . 2 September 2022 . Daily Graphic . 9106 . Graphic Communications Group Ltd . 1 February 1980 . Accra.
4. PNDC Regional Secretaries . Ghana News . May 1986 . 15 . 5 . 2 . Embassy of Ghana . Washington D C.
5. Web site: Report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Creation of New Regions . 2 September 2022 . 288 . 26 June 2018.
6. Web site: Two Ministers Resign Over Yendi Conflict. . GhanaWeb . 2 September 2022 . en . 29 March 2002.
7. Web site: Twenty-nine Ministers sworn into office . GhanaWeb . 2 September 2022 . en . 2 February 2005.
8. Web site: New Ministerial List: Summary . GhanaWeb . 2 September 2022 . en . 13 May 2006.
9. Web site: Bede Ziedeng takes over as Northern Regional Minister. Politics. ModernGhana.com. 23 March 2013.
10. Web site: Boateng . Kojo Akoto . Parliament approves Nana Addo's regional minister nominees . Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always . 2 September 2022 . 18 February 2017.