Akyempimhene, or vice-king, is the title bestowed upon one of the chiefs in the

Ashanti Kingdom The Asante Empire (Asante Twi: ), today commonly called the Ashanti Empire, was an Akan state that lasted between 1701 to 1901, in what is now modern-day Ghana. It expanded from the Ashanti Region to include most of Ghana as well as parts of Iv ...

, located in

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. The throne is occupied by a son of any Ashanti king (

Asantehene The is the title for the monarch of the historical Ashanti Empire as well as the ceremonial ruler of the Ashanti people today. The Ashanti royal house traces its line to the Oyoko (an ''Abusua'', or "clan") Abohyen Dynasty of Nana Twum and t ...

), and he takes care of the royal family. The Akyempimhene represents the king, along with the king's sub-chiefs. He is also part of the

Kumasi Kumasi (historically spelled Comassie or Coomassie, usually spelled Kumase in Twi) is a city in the Ashanti Region, and is among the largest metropolitan areas in Ghana. Kumasi is located in a rain forest region near Lake Bosomtwe, and is the ...

traditional council, which oversees the city. The current Akyempimhene is

Oheneba Adusei Poku Oheneba is a regal rank given to both female or male child of a king or chief. It is the equivalent of prince or princess (from Latin ''princeps'', meaning principal citizen). Most often, the term has been used for the child of a king, or for th ...

, son of the late Otumfuo Nana Poku Ware. Oheneba was enstooled in 1992.Nana Arhin Brempong, "Elite Succession among the Matrilineal Akan of Ghana", chapter 4 in João de Pina-Cabral (ed.) ''Elites: choice, leadership and succession'', Table 4.1, p. 83. He is a

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graduate.

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