BREAKING: Ghana Trade Minister Kyerematen Resigned

The trade minister Kyerematen who resign from is office have been serving since 2017, the news was announced through an eyewitness and was understand that he want to pursue is political career.

Kyerematen was Ambassador of Ghana to the United States and later Minister of Trade, Industry, Private Sector Development (PSD), and Presidential Special Initiatives (PSI) under the President Kufuor-led NPP government. Kyerematen served as a trade advisor at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where he coordinated the African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC). Kyerematen made an attempt at the leadership of the New Patriotic Party in 2007, capturing 32.3% of votes cast.

He was the first runner-up to Nana Akufo-Addo, who gained 47.96% of the votes cast. [2] Kyerematen made other attempts at the party’s leadership in 2010 and 2014 but placed second to Akufo-Addo, who won the primaries. In 2012, Ghana nominated Kyerematen for the post of WTO director-general to succeed outgoing director-general Pascal Lamy, and his candidacy received the backing of the African Union (AU). [3] [4] However, he did not make the shortlist for the final selection process in 2013. [5] [6] [7