Ministry of Trade and Industry (Ghana)

Ministry of Trade and Industry (MOTI) is a government ministry of Ghana, headquartered in Accra.[1]

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The Minister for Trade and Industry is the Ghana government official responsible for running the ministry.

The ministry is responsible for advising the government on the private sector development, trade and the industry formation within the local and the international front. it also sees to the formulation and implementation of policies as well as representing the government in the international duties and bodies like the World Trade Organization.[2] The ministry has eight division headed by the Chief Director and have three other units that aid in the smooth running of the ministry namely- legal, Internal audit and Communications and Public Affairs.[3]

List of Ghanaian Trade Ministers
Number Minister Took office Left office Government Party
1Kojo Botsio[4] (MP)19571958Nkrumah governmentConvention People's Party
2Patrick Kwame Kusi Quaidoo19581960
3Ferdinand Koblavi Dra GokaJuly 1960May 1961
4Lawrence Rosario Abavana (MP)May 1961October 1961a
5R.S. Amegashie19661969National Liberation CouncilMilitary government
6R. A. Quarshie19691972Busia governmentProgress Party
7Roger Joseph Felli1972National Redemption CouncilMilitary government
8Colonel Kobina Adduah Quashie19751979Supreme Military Council
9J.L.S. Abbey (acting)19791979Armed Forces Revolutionary Council
10Francis Kwame Buah19791980Limann governmentPeople's National Party
11Vincent Y. Bulla1980
12K. B. Asante[5]19821986Provisional National Defence CouncilMilitary government
13Kofi Djin19861992
14Huudu Yahaya[6]c. 1988c. 1988
15John Bawa1992Jan 1993
16Emma MitchellJan 1996Rawlings governmentNational Democratic Congress
17John Frank AbuJan 2000
18Dan Abodakpi[7]Jan 2000 Jan 2001
19Kofi Konadu Apraku20012003Kufuor governmentNew Patriotic Party
20Alan Kyeremanteng[8]20032007
21Joe Baidoe-Ansah20072008
22Papa Owusu-Ankomah (MP)20082009
23Hanna Tetteh[9]20092012Mills governmentNational Democratic Congress
20122013Mahama government
24Haruna Iddrisu (MP)14 February 201316 July 2014
25Ekwow Spio-Garbrah[10]16 July 20146 January 2017
26Alan John Kyerematen[11]28 January 201716 January 2023[12]Akufo-Addo governmentNew Patriotic Party
27K. T. Hammond (MP)24 March 2023[13]Incumbent

See also

Notes
  • ^a – Role was merged with the Ministry of Finance in October 1961

References
  1. "Contacts". Ministry of Trade and Industry. Retrieved 2019-10-20. Ministry of Trade and Industry Administrative Office, Ministries Accra, Ghana.
  2. "Ministry of Trade and Industry - About The Ministry". moti.gov.gh. Retrieved 2019-06-08.
  3. "Ministry of Trade and Industry - Organisation of the Ministry". moti.gov.gh. Retrieved 2019-06-08.
  4. "1957 Govt. of Ghana". Photo Archive. Ghana Home Page. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  5. "K.B. Asante, the patriot, diplomat and writer". www.ghanaweb.com. 27 January 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  6. Clegg, Sam, ed. (29 November 1988). "Yahaya attends ILO confab". Daily Graphic. Accra: Graphic Communications Group (11830): 16. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  7. Panafrican News Agency (12 January 2000). "Rawlings Reshuffles Cabinet". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  8. "Alan John Kwadwo Kyerematen" (PDF). www.wto.org/. World Trade Organization. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  9. "Hannah Tetteh (Foreign Affairs Minister)". Ghanaweb. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  10. "Ministerial reshuffle: Spio rejoins gov't". Ghanaweb. 16 July 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  11. "Nana Addo swears in 12 ministers". Ghanaweb.
  12. "President Akufo-Addo Accepts Alan Kyerematen's Resignation". Presidency Republic of Ghana. 10 January 2023.
  13. Daniel Kenu; Nana Konadu Agyeman (24 March 2023). "K.T. Hammond, Bryan Acheampong, Asamoah Boateng others approved as ministers". Graphic Online. Accra: Graphic Communications Group Limited. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
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