Industry minister

The industry minister is a cabinet position in a government.

The title may refer to the head of the governmental department that specializes in industry. This position may also be responsible for trade and employment, areas that fall under the ministries of commerce and labour in some governments. Depending on the country, the industry minister may have a wide range of responsibilities that could include making decisions regarding utilities and electricity production, presiding over business mergers, and lobbying corporations to build facilities in his or her respective country.

In the United States, industry is the responsibility of the Secretary of Commerce, with an Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security specifically tasked with executing policy regarding industry. In the United Kingdom, the minister of industry is called the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, and bears the secondary title President of the Board of Trade.

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Industry

Industry is the production of goods or services within an economy. The major source of revenue of a group or company is the indicator of its relevant industry. When a large group has multiple sources of revenue generation, it is considered to be working in different industries. Manufacturing industry became a key sector of production and labour in European and North American countries during the Industrial Revolution, upsetting previous mercantile and feudal economies. This occurred through many successive rapid advances in technology, such as the production of steel and coal.

Following the Industrial Revolution, possibly a third of the world's economic output is derived that is from manufacturing industries. Many developed countries and many developing/semi-developed countries (People's Republic of China, India etc.) depend significantly on manufacturing industry. Industries, the countries they reside in, and the economies of those countries are interlinked in a complex web of interdependence.

Nirmala Sitharaman

Nirmala Sitharaman (born 18 August 1959) is an Indian politician from the state of Andhra Pradesh presently serving as Minister of State (Independent Charge) for the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, as well as a Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs under the Ministry of Finance headed by Arun Jaitley. Until recently, she served as a national spokesperson for the Bharatiya Janata Party. Currently, she has been allotted the MP seat in the Rajya Sabha representing the state of Andhra Pradesh to replace former MP from Andhra Pradesh, Mr. Nedurumalli Janardhan Reddy, who had then recently died. This seat was allotted by the Telugu Desam Party, a major alliance partner of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance coalition government, to Sitharaman.

Early life and career

Nirmala Sitharaman was born in Madurai, Tamil Nadu in Southern India. She attained a B.A. degree from Seethalakshmi Ramaswamy College, Tiruchirappalli and an MA degree in economics from Jawaharlal Nehru University in 1980 followed by a Ph.D in the Indo-European textile trade within the GATT framework. Sitharaman then served at Pricewaterhouse Coopers as a Senior Manager and later for the BBC World Service. She is one of the founding directors of Pranava school in Hyderabad. She was a former member of the National Commission for Women.

Minister for Trade and Industry (Ghana)

The Minister for Trade and Industry is the Ghana government official responsible for both internal and external trade as well as the promotion of Ghanaian industries.

The Minister for Trade and Industry since 16 July 2014 is Ekwow Spio-Garbrah.

List of Ghanaian Trade Ministers

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