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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kojo Botsio[4] (MP) | 1957 | 1958 | Nkrumah government | Convention People's Party |
| 2 | Patrick Kwame Kusi Quaidoo | 1958 | 1960 | ||
| 3 | Ferdinand Koblavi Dra Goka | July 1960 | May 1961 | ||
| 4 | Lawrence Rosario Abavana (MP) | May 1961 | October 1961 (role was merged with the Ministry of Finance in October 1961) | ||
| 5 | R.S. Amegashie | 1966 | 1969 | National Liberation Council | Military government |
| 6 | R. A. Quarshie | 1969 | 1972 | Busia government | Progress Party |
| 7 | Roger Joseph Felli | 1972 | National Redemption Council | Military government | |
| 8 | Colonel Kobina Adduah Quashie | 1975 | 1979 | Supreme Military Council | |
| 9 | J.L.S. Abbey (acting) | 1979 | 1979 | Armed Forces Revolutionary Council | |
| 10 | Francis Kwame Buah | 1979 | 1980 | Limann government | People's National Party |
| 11 | Vincent Y. Bulla | 1980 | |||
| 12 | Kofi Djin ? | Provisional National Defence Council | Military government | ||
| 13 | Huudu Yahaya |
12 Aanaa Ening | |||
| 14 | John Bawa | ||||
| 15 | Emma Mitchell | Jan 1996 | Rawlings government | National Democratic Congress | |
| 16 | John Frank Abu | Jan 2000 | |||
| 17 | Dan Abodakpi[5] | Jan 2000 | Jan 2001 | ||
| 18 | Kofi Konadu Apraku | 2001 | 2003 | Kufuor government | New Patriotic Party |
| 19 | Alan Kyeremanteng[6] | 2003 | 2007 | ||
| 20 | Joe Baidoe-Ansah | 2007 | 2008 | ||
| 21 | Papa Owusu-Ankomah (MP) | 2008 | 2009 | ||
| 22 | Hanna Tetteh [7] | 2009 | 2012 | Mills government | National Democratic Congress |
| 2012 | 2013 | Mahama government | |||
| 23 | Haruna Iddrisu (MP) | 14 February 2013 | 16 July 2014 | ||
| 24 | Ekwow Spio-Garbrah[8] | 16 July 2014 | 6 January 2017 | ||
| 25 | Alan John Kyerematen[9] | 28 January 2017 | incumbent | Akufo-Addo government | New Patriotic Party |
See also
- Ministers of the Ghanaian Government
- "Contacts". Ministry of Trade and Industry. Retrieved 2019-10-20.
Ministry of Trade and Industry Administrative Office, Ministries Accra, Ghana.
- "Ministry of Trade and Industry - About The Ministry". moti.gov.gh. Retrieved 2019-06-08.
- "Ministry of Trade and Industry - Organisation of the Ministry". moti.gov.gh. Retrieved 2019-06-08.
- "1957 Govt. of Ghana". Photo Archive. Ghana Home Page. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- Panafrican News Agency (12 January 2000). "Rawlings Reshuffles Cabinet". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
- "Alan John Kwadwo Kyerematen" (PDF). www.wto.org/. World Trade Organization. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
- "Hannah Tetteh (Foreign Affairs Minister)". Ghanaweb. GhanaWeb. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
- "Ministerial reshuffle: Spio rejoins gov't". Ghanaweb. GhanaWeb. 16 July 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
- "Nana Addo swears in 12 ministers". Ghanaweb. Ghanaweb.