Northern Regional Minister
# Northern Regional Minister

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 | National Liberation Council | Military government |
| 4 | Seth Birikiorang | 1968 | 1969 | National Liberation Council | Military government |
| 5 | H. A. Nuamah | 1969 | 1969 | National Liberation Council | Military government |
| 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 | National Redemption Council | Military government |
| 9 | Lt. Colonel Festus F. Addae | April 1974 | 9 October 1975 | National Redemption Council | Military government |
| 10 | Major R. K. Zumah | 9 October 1975 | 1978 | Supreme Military Council | Military government |
| 11 | Lt. Colonel L. K. Kodjiku | 1978 | 1979 | Supreme Military Council | Military government |
| 11 | Lt. Colonel L. K. Kodjiku | June 1979 | September 1979 | Armed Forces Revolutionary Council | Military government |
| 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 | ? | Provisional National Defence Council | Military government |
| 15 | Abdulai Ibrahim | ? | ? | Rawlings government | National Democratic Congress |
| 16 | Seidu Iddi | ? | ? | Rawlings government | National Democratic Congress |
| 17 | Ben Salifu | February 2001 | November 2001 | Kufuor government | New Patriotic Party |
| 18 | Prince Imoru Andani | November 2001 | May 2003 | Kufuor government | New Patriotic Party |
| 19 | Ernest Debrah | May 2003 | February 2005 | Kufuor government | New Patriotic Party |
| 20 | Boniface Abubakar Siddique | 2005 | 2006 | Kufuor government | New Patriotic Party |
| 21 | Mustapha Ali Idris | 2006 | January 2009 | Kufuor government | New Patriotic Party |
| 22 | S.S. Nanyina | 2009 | 2010 | Mills government | National Democratic Congress |
| 23 | Moses Bukari Mabengba | 2010 | July 2012 | Mills government | National Democratic Congress |
| 23 | Moses Bukari Mabengba | July 2012 | March 2013 | Mahama government | National Democratic Congress |
| 24 | Bede Ziedeng | March 2013 | July 2014 | Mahama government | National Democratic Congress |
| 25 | Limuna Mohammed Muniru | July 2014 | January 2017 | Mahama government | National Democratic Congress |
| 26 | Salifu Saeed | February 2017 | Incumbent | Akufo-Addo government | New Patriotic Party |
