WTO appoints Okonjo-Iweala as new Director-General

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, 2021

WTO 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.

(Editor: Terverr Tyav)