Ministry of Trade and Industry (Ghana)

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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

NumberMinisterTook officeLeft officeGovernmentParty
1 Kojo Botsio [4] (MP)19571958 Nkrumah government Convention People's Party
2 Patrick Kwame Kusi Quaidoo 19581960
3 Ferdinand Koblavi Dra Goka July 1960May 1961
4 Lawrence Rosario Abavana (MP)May 1961October 1961 a
5 R.S. Amegashie 19661969 National Liberation Council Military government
6 R. A. Quarshie 19691972 Busia government Progress Party
7 Roger Joseph Felli 1972 National Redemption Council Military government
8Colonel Kobina Adduah Quashie19751979 Supreme Military Council
9 J.L.S. Abbey (acting)19791979 Armed Forces Revolutionary Council
10 Francis Kwame Buah 19791980 Limann government People's National Party
11 Vincent Y. Bulla 1980
12 K. B. Asante [5] 19821986 Provisional National Defence Council Military government
13Kofi Djin19861992
14Huudu Yahaya [6] c.1988c.1988
15John Bawa1992Jan 1993
16 Emma Mitchell Jan 1996 Rawlings government National Democratic Congress
17John Frank AbuJan 2000
18 Dan Abodakpi [7] Jan 2000Jan 2001
19 Kofi Konadu Apraku 20012003 Kufuor government New Patriotic Party
20 Alan Kyeremanteng [8] 20032007
21Joe Baidoe-Ansah20072008
22 Papa Owusu-Ankomah (MP)20082009
23 Hanna Tetteh [9] 20092012 Mills government National Democratic Congress
20122013 Mahama government
24 Haruna Iddrisu (MP)14 February 201316 July 2014
25 Ekwow Spio-Garbrah [10] 16 July 20146 January 2017
26 Alan John Kyerematen [11] 28 January 201716 January 2023 [12] Akufo-Addo government New Patriotic Party
27 K. T. Hammond (MP)24 March 2023 [13] Incumbent

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