# Ministry of Trade and Industry (Ghana)

Ministry of Trade and Industry (MOTI) 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- legal, Internal audit and Communications and Public Affairs.

## List of Ghanaian Trade Ministers

| Number | Minister | Took office | Left office | Government | Party |
| 1 | Kojo Botsio (MP) | 1957 | 1958 | Nkrumah government | Convention People's Party |
| 2 | Patrick Kwame Kusi Quaidoo (MP) | 1958 | 1960 | Nkrumah government | Convention People's Party |
| 3 | Ferdinand Koblavi Dra Goka (MP) | July 1960 | May 1961 | Nkrumah government | Convention People's Party |
| 4 | Lawrence Rosario Abavana (MP) | May 1961 | October 1961 | Nkrumah government | Convention People's Party |
| 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 | Military government |
| 9 | J.L.S. Abbey (acting) | 1979 | 1979 | Armed Forces Revolutionary Council | Military government |
| 10 | Francis Kwame Buah | 1979 | 1980 | Limann government | People's National Party |
| 11 | Vincent Y. Bulla | 1980 | | Limann government | People's National Party |
| 12 | K. B. Asante | 1982 | 1986 | Provisional National Defence Council | Military government |
| 13 | Kofi Djin | 1986 | 1992 | Provisional National Defence Council | Military government |
| 14 | Huudu Yahaya | c. 1988 | c. 1988 | Provisional National Defence Council | Military government |
| 15 | John Bawa | 1992 | Jan 1993 | Provisional National Defence Council | Military government |
| 16 | Emma Mitchell | | Jan 1996 | Rawlings government | National Democratic Congress |
| 17 | John Frank Abu | | Jan 2000 | Rawlings government | National Democratic Congress |
| 18 | Dan Abodakpi (MP) | Jan 2000 | Jan 2001 | Rawlings government | National Democratic Congress |
| 19 | Kofi Konadu Apraku (MP) | 2001 | 2003 | Kufuor government | New Patriotic Party |
| 20 | Alan Kyeremanteng | 2003 | 2007 | Kufuor government | New Patriotic Party |
| 21 | Joe Baidoe-Ansah | 2007 | 2008 | Kufuor government | New Patriotic Party |
| 22 | Papa Owusu-Ankomah (MP) | 2008 | 2009 | Kufuor government | New Patriotic Party |
| 23 | Hanna Tetteh | 2009 | 2012 | Mills government | National Democratic Congress |
| 23 | Hanna Tetteh | 2012 | 2013 | Mahama government | National Democratic Congress |
| 24 | Haruna Iddrisu (MP) | 14 February 2013 | 16 July 2014 | Mahama government | National Democratic Congress |
| 25 | Ekwow Spio-Garbrah | 16 July 2014 | 6 January 2017 | Mahama government | National Democratic Congress |
| 26 | Alan John Kyerematen | 28 January 2017 | 16 January 2023 | Akufo-Addo government | New Patriotic Party |
| 27 | K. T. Hammond (MP) | 24 March 2023 | 6 January 2025 | Akufo-Addo government | New Patriotic Party |
| 28 | Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare (MP) | 25 January 2025 | Incumbent | Mahama government 2 | National Democratic Congress |