Ministry of Trade and Industry (Ghana)


Ministry of Trade and Industry is a government ministry of Ghana, headquartered in Accra.
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. 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-

List of Ghanaian Trade Ministers

NumberMinisterTook officeLeft officeGovernmentParty
1Kojo Botsio 19571958Nkrumah governmentConvention People's Party
2Patrick Kwame Kusi Quaidoo19581960Nkrumah governmentConvention People's Party
3Ferdinand Koblavi Dra GokaJuly 1960May 1961Nkrumah governmentConvention People's Party
4Lawrence Rosario Abavana May 1961October 1961 Nkrumah governmentConvention People's Party
5R.S. Amegashie19661969National Liberation CouncilMilitary government
6R. A. Quarshie19691972Busia governmentProgress Party
7Roger Joseph Felli1972National Redemption CouncilMilitary government
8Colonel Kobina Adduah Quashie19751979Supreme Military CouncilMilitary government
9J.L.S. Abbey19791979Armed Forces Revolutionary CouncilMilitary government
10Francis Kwame Buah19791980Limann governmentPeople's National Party
11Vincent Y. Bulla1980Limann governmentPeople's National Party
12Kofi Djin ?Provisional National Defence CouncilMilitary government
13Huudu Yahaya
12 Aanaa Ening		Provisional National Defence CouncilMilitary government
14John BawaProvisional National Defence CouncilMilitary government
15Emma MitchellJan 1996Rawlings governmentNational Democratic Congress
16John Frank AbuRawlings governmentNational Democratic Congress
17Dan AbodakpiJan 2001Rawlings governmentNational Democratic Congress
18Kofi Konadu Apraku20012003Kufuor governmentNew Patriotic Party
19Alan Kyeremanteng20032007Kufuor governmentNew Patriotic Party
20Joe Baidoe-Ansah20072008Kufuor governmentNew Patriotic Party
21Papa Owusu-Ankomah 20082009Kufuor governmentNew Patriotic Party
22Hanna Tetteh20092012Mills governmentNational Democratic Congress
22Hanna Tetteh20122013Mahama governmentNational Democratic Congress
23Haruna Iddrisu 14 February 201316 July 2014Mahama governmentNational Democratic Congress
24Ekwow Spio-Garbrah16 July 20146 January 2017Mahama governmentNational Democratic Congress
25Alan John Kyerematen28 January 2017incumbentAkufo-Addo governmentNew Patriotic Party