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
edit| 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 1961a | ||
| 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 | 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[7] | Jan 2000 | Jan 2001 | ||
| 19 | Kofi Konadu Apraku | 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] | Incumbent |
See also
editNotes
edit- ^a – Role was merged with the Ministry of Finance in October 1961
References
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ "K.B. Asante, the patriot, diplomat and writer". www.ghanaweb.com. 27 January 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- ^ Clegg, Sam, ed. (29 November 1988). "Yahaya attends ILO confab". Daily Graphic (11830). Accra: Graphic Communications Group: 16. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- ^ 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. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
- ^ "Ministerial reshuffle: Spio rejoins gov't". Ghanaweb. 16 July 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
- ^ "Nana Addo swears in 12 ministers". Ghanaweb.
- ^ "President Akufo-Addo Accepts Alan Kyerematen's Resignation". Presidency Republic of Ghana. 10 January 2023.
- ^ 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.