Kwesi Botchwey (13 September 1942[1] – 19 November 2022) was a Ghanaian government official and Professor of Practice in Development Economics at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy of Tufts University.

[2] Botchwey was Minister for Finance and Economic Planning from 1982 to 1995.

He was appointed by Jerry Rawlings to assist in stabilizing Ghana's collapsed economy.

Botchwey received his secondary school education at the Presbyterian Boys' Senior High School and attended St. Augustine's College.

Botchwey died at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital on 19 November 2022, at the age of 80.