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 (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 1978 1979 June 1979 September 1979 Armed Forces Revolutionary Council 12 Alhaji I. Haruna ? ? Limann government People's National Party 13 Thomas Ibrahim 1982 ? Provisional National Defence Council Military government 14 D. S. Zachariah 1986 ? 15 Abdulai Ibrahim ? ? Rawlings government National Democratic Congress 16 Seidu Iddi ? ? 17 Ben Salifu February 2001 November 2001 Kufuor government New Patriotic Party 18 Prince Imoru Andani November 2001 May 2003 19 Ernest Debrah May 2003 February 2005 20 Boniface Abubakar Siddique 2005 2006 21 Mustapha Ali Idris 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 March 2013 July 2014 25 Limuna Mohammed Muniru July 2014 January 2017 26 Salifu Saeed February 2017 March 2021 Akufo-Addo government New Patriotic Party27Alhaji Shani Alhassan SaibuMarch 2021January 202528Ali Adolf JohnJanuary 2025IncumbentMahama government (from 2025)National Democratic Congress

See also

Ministers of the Ghanaian Government Northern Region

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