Samuel Sarpong

Hon.
Samuel Sarpong
PresidentJohn Dramani Mahama
Personal details
Born(1957-11-10)10 November 1957
Ejisu, Ashanti Region, Ghana
Died6 August 2025(2025-08-06) (aged 67)
Adansi District, Ashanti Region, Ghana
PartyNDC

Samuel Sarpong (10 November 1957 – 6 August 2025) was a Ghanaian politician and an Ashanti Region minister.

Early life and education

Samuel Sarpong was born on 10 November 1957 at Ejisu in Ghana's Ashanti Region. He was the first of seven children born to Agnes Kwabena Mensah Sarpong and her husband. He attended Osei Tutu Senior High School in 1973, obtained his GCE O level certificate in 1978, and pursued a three-year teacher training education at Wesley College in Kumasi. From 1981 to 1984, Sarpong taught sports at Juabeng Secondary School.

Career

From February to March 2013 and July 2015 to March 2015,[citation needed] Sarpong was the Ashanti Region minister. From March 2013 to July 2014 he was the Central Regional minister. At the time of his death he was vice chairman of Ghana's National Democratic Congress.

Death

Sarpong died in a helicopter crash alongside other Ghanaian ministers of state on 6 August 2025. He and other victims of the crash were accorded a state funeral in Accra on 15 August that was attended by President John Mahama.

Awards

Communal Visionary Leader (2021).

References

  1. ↑ "Samuel Sarpong, Biography". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  2. ↑ "2008–2012 (Hon. Samuel Sarpong)". kma.gov.gh. Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly. Archived from the original on 24 August 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  3. ↑ "Reshuffling Regional Ministers all too soon is impolitic". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
  4. ↑ "Reshuffle is in line with Mahama's development strategy - Ayariga". myjoyonline. Archived from the original on 13 March 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  5. ↑ "Ghana's defence, environment ministers among 8 killed in helicopter crash". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
  6. ↑ Ivana Kottasová (6 August 2025). "Two Ghana government ministers among 8 killed in helicopter crash". CNN. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  7. ↑ "Ghana holds state funeral for 8 helicopter crash victims". Africanews. 16 August 2025. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  8. ↑ "Dr Samuel Sarpong grabs Communal Visionary Leadership honor". Daily Graphic. Accra, Ghana. Retrieved 24 August 2022.