Emma Mitchell is a Ghanaian politician and an advocate on gender issues. She was the Minister for Trade and Industry of

Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...

between 1993 and 1996. She described Rawlings as someone who whose administration style was built on consensus rather than authoritariansim.

Minister for Trade and Industry

Mitchell resigned from the

Rawlings government This is a listing of the ministers who served in Jerry Rawlings's National Democratic Congress government during the Fourth Republic of Ghana. This started on January 7, 1993, after 11 years of military rule by Rawlings. He retired from the Ghana ...

in February 1996. She reported that this was over a disagreement with the President,

Jerry Rawlings Jerry John Rawlings (22 June 194712 November 2020) was a Ghanaian military officer and politician who led the country for a brief period in 1979, and then from 1981 to 2001. He led a military junta until 1992, and then served two terms as the de ...

. She reported that after she left government and the facts of the disagreement had been established, Rawlings invited her back into government but she opted to stay out.

Council of state

In 2001, Mitchell was appointed to the

Council of State A Council of State is a governmental body in a country, or a subdivision of a country, with a function that varies by jurisdiction. It may be the formal name for the cabinet or it may refer to a non-executive advisory body associated with a head o ...

John Kufuor John Kofi Agyekum Kufuor (born 8 December 1938) is a Ghanaian politician who served as the President of Ghana from 7 January 2001 to 7 January 2009. He was also Chairperson of the African Union from 2007 to 2008. Kufuor's career has been sp ...

, President of Ghana along with 11 others. She served on the council between 2001 and 2004.

Notes and references

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mitchell, Emma Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Trade ministers of Ghana Industry ministers of Ghana