Ministry of Trade and Industry (Ghana)

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

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 (MP)	1958	1960
3	Ferdinand Koblavi Dra Goka (MP)	July 1960	May 1961
4	Lawrence Rosario Abavana (MP)	May 1961	October 1961 a
5	R.S. Amegashie	1966	1969	National Liberation Council	Military government
6	R. A. Quarshie (MP)	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	K. B. Asante [5]	1982	1986	Provisional National Defence Council	Military government
13	Kofi Djin	1986	1992
14	Huudu Yahaya [6]	c. 1988	c. 1988
15	John Bawa	1992	Jan 1993
16	Emma Mitchell		Jan 1996	Rawlings government	National Democratic Congress
17	John Frank Abu		Jan 2000
18	Dan Abodakpi (MP) [7]	Jan 2000	Jan 2001
19	Kofi Konadu Apraku (MP)	2001	2003	Kufuor government	New Patriotic Party
20	Alan Kyeremanteng [8]	2003	2007
21	Joe Baidoe-Ansah	2007	2008
22	Papa Owusu-Ankomah (MP)	2008	2009
23	Hanna Tetteh [9]	2009	2012	Mills government	National Democratic Congress
		2012	2013	Mahama government
24	Haruna Iddrisu (MP)	14 February 2013	16 July 2014
25	Ekwow Spio-Garbrah [10]	16 July 2014	6 January 2017
26	Alan John Kyerematen [11]	28 January 2017	16 January 2023 [12]	Akufo-Addo government	New Patriotic Party
27	K. T. Hammond (MP)	24 March 2023 [13]	6 January 2025
28	Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare (MP)	25 January 2025 [14]	Incumbent	Mahama government 2	National Democratic Congress

See also

• Ministers of the Ghanaian Government

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.
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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.
14. "President Mahama swears in new batch of approved ministers minus Gender Minister nominee Naa Momo Lartey". Graphic Online. Graphic Communications Group Ltd. 25 January 2025. Retrieved 16 February 2025.