Nigeria’s former Finance Minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been formally appointed as the next Director-General of World Trade Organisation, WTO.
Dr. Okonjo-Iweala makes history as the first woman and first African to lead WTO with her term of office starting on March 1, 2021.
BREAKING: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala from Nigeria is appointed as the next WTO Director-General.
Dr. Okonjo-Iweala makes history as the first woman and the first African to lead the WTO.
Her term starts on the 1st of March 2021.
More details soon. #WTODG@NOIweala pic.twitter.com/2RJkkfK2Id
— WTO (@wto) February 15, 2021WTO has been without the Director-General for about 6 months with a competitive selection process leading to her emergence as sole candidate following the withdrawal of South Korea’s Yoo Myung-hee.
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