Joe Ghartey (born 15 June 1961, in Accra) is a Ghanaian lawyer, politician and member of the New Patriotic Party.

[6][7] Ghartey undertook his National Service duty as Legal Officer to the Komenda Eguafo Abirem District Assembly in the Central Region of the Republic of Ghana.

[6][9][10] He started off as a member of the Sekondi Campaign Team and became chairman of the Greater Accra Regional Disciplinary Committee of the Party.

He was part of the team that wrote the "Stolen Verdict", in 1993, which was a detailed account of the widespread electoral malpractices that occurred during the 1992 general election in Ghana.

He chaired the Session of the National Conference which amended the constitution of the NPP at the Trade Fair Center in Accra on 22 August, 2009.

Along the coastal belt of Ghana, Ghartey has supported constituencies in the Western, Central, Greater Accra and Volta Regions, including Shama, Sekondi, Takoradi, Effie Kwasimintsim, Tarkwa, Prestea, Amenfi, Korle Klottey, La-Dade Kotopon and Hohoe.

He was promoted and appointed as the substantive Attorney-General and Minister of Justice in June 2006, a position he held until January 2009 following the electoral loss of the NPP in the 2008 general elections.

Its flagship programme was Justice for All which, among other things, aimed at providing access to the courts for people who had been in remand custody for long periods without prosecution.

[clarification needed] His interest in investment law was evident in the development of the legal framework and infrastructure for the Oil and Gas Industry in Ghana.

However, following the NPP's challenge of the validity of the election of John Dramani Mahama as president of Ghana and their subsequent boycott of his inauguration, some members of the majority NDC were of the view that, "the NPP should not be rewarded with the position since it had decided to boycott the inauguration of John Mahama of the NDC as President in the same election it is challenging."

In May 2017, President Akufo-Addo created the Ministry of Railways Development as a cabinet position and named Ghartey as the sector Minister.

[15] Ghartey declared his intention to contest the position for presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party before the 2016 general elections.

She is the president of the Greater Accra Ghana Bar Association as well as a member of the Constitutional and Legal Committee of the New Patriotic Party.