The Asantehene is the ruler of the Ashanti people. While today it is a strictly ceremonial role, it was once a position of great power as the leader of the Ashanti Confederacy. The Asantehene is crowned on a golden stool, known as the Sika 'dwa and the office is sometimes referred to by this name. The Ashanti (also Asante) are a major ethnic group from Africa. ... A shrunken Ashanti Confederacy near the end of its existence in 1896 The Ashanti Kingdom or Confederacy was a powerful state in West Africa in the years prior to European colonization. ... According to legend, Okomfo Anokye (a great fetish priest in Ghana) caused the famous Golden Stool (Asante: Sika dwa) to descend from the heavens and land on the lap of the first Asante king. ...

The Asantehene also holds the title of Kumasehene, ruler of Kumasi, the capital and most important town of the Confederacy. The Asantehene is the ruler of the Ashanti people. ... Kumasi is the capital city of the Ashanti Region of Ghana. ...

The current Asantehene is Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II, born Nana Kwaku Dua who lived in London and Toronto. He was one of seven descendants who were eligible for the position. King Otumfuo Osei Tutu, is the 16th Asantehene, King of the Asantes. ... London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England and is the most populous city in the European Union. ...

During the period between the death of an Asantehene and the election of a successor, the Mamponghene, the second most powerful ruler, acts as regent Asantehene. This was changed in the late nineteenth century when the Kwasafomanhyiamu, or governing council itself ruled as regent.

The succession is decided by a series of councils of local notables and other royal family members.

List of Asantehenes

• 1701 - 1717 Osei Kofi Tutu I (had been Kumasehene from 1675)
• 1717 - 1720 Maniampon (regent)
• 1720 - 1750 Opoku Ware I
• 1750 - 1764 Kusi Obodom
• 1764 Safo Kantanka (regent)
• 1764 - 1777 Osei Kwadwo
• 1777 Atakora Kwame (regent)
• 1777 - 1803 Osei Kwame Panyin
• 1803 - 1804 Opoku Fofie
• 1804 - 1824 Osei Kwame Assibey Bonsu
• 1824 - 1834 Osei Yaw Akoto
• 1834 - 1867 Kwaku Dua I Panyin
• 1867 - 1874 Kofi Kakari
• 1874 - 1874 Kwabena Dwomo (regent)
• 1874 - 1883 Mensa Bonsu Kumaa
• 1883 - 1884 The Kwasafomanhyiamu
• 1884 - 1884 Kwaku Dua II Kumaa
• 1884 - 1884 Owusu Koko (chairman Kumasehyiamu)
• 1884 - 1887 Akyampon Panyin (chairman Kumasehyiamu Council)
• 1887 - 1888 Owusu Sekyere II (regent)
• 1888 - 1896 Kwaku Dua III Asamu
• 1896 - 1900 Opoku Mensa (chairman Committee of Administration)

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Osei Kofi Tutu I was the founder of the Ashanti Confederacy, a loosely knit group of city states. ... // Events January 4 — The Netherlands, Britain & France sign Triple Alliance February 26-March 6 What is now the northeastern United States was paralyzed by a series of blizzards that buried the region. ... // Events January 6 - The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings February 11 - Sweden and Prussia sign the (2nd Treaty of Stockholm) declaring peace. ... // Events January 6 - The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings February 11 - Sweden and Prussia sign the (2nd Treaty of Stockholm) declaring peace. ... 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In 1926 the British permitted the heir to the Golden Stool to adopt the tile Kumasehene. 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

• 1926 - 1931 Agyeman Prempe I
• 1931 - 1931 Kwaku Dua (regent)
• 1931 - 1935 Otumfuo Nana Osei Agyeman Prempe II

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• 1935 - 1970 Otumfuo Nana Osei Agyeman Prempe II
• 1970 - 1999 Otumfuo Nana Opoku Ware II
• 1999 - 1999 Nana Osei Bonsu II (regent)
• 1999 - present Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II