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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the first female director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), says she is honoured to have...

Mrs Okonjo-Iweala was confirmed DG of the trade body during a meeting of the WTO.

WTO selects 1st woman, 1st African as chief

The newly appointed World Trade Organisation Director General, Okonjo-Iweala, said a key priority for her would be to work with members to quickly address the economic and health consequences brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Nigerias former finance minister also becomes the first African to lead the organisation

When she takes office on 1 March , Dr Okonjo-Iweala will become the first woman and the first African to be chosen as Director-General. Her term, renewable, will expire on 31 August 2025. “This is a very significant moment for the WTO. On behalf of the General Council, I extend our warmest congratulations to Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on her appointment as the WTOs next Director-General and formally welcome her to this General Council meeting,” said General Council Chair David Walker of...

Roberto Azevedo who surprisingly stepped down from the position in August of 2020. She has become the first woman and the first African to occupy the office. "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," the WTO announced in a tweet. The 164-member WTO took the decision at a special meeting of the General Council,...

  History was made by WTO members today (15 February), when the General Council agreed by consensus to select Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the organization’s seventh Director-General. Dr Okonjo-Iweala upon assuming office 1st of March, will become the first woman and the first African to be confirmed WTO’s Director-General. Her term, though renewable, will expire on 31 August 2025. General Council Chair, New Zealand’s David Walker who, together with co-facilitators Amb. Dacio Casti...

“This is a very significant moment for the WTO,” said General Council Chair David Walker of New Zealand who, together with co-facilitators Amb. Dacio Castillo (Honduras) and Amb. Harald Aspelund (Iceland) led the nine-month DG selection process.

Simbo Olorunfemi writes that Okonjo-Iweala as Director-General of the WTO is an unprecedented diplomatic victory for Nigeria When President Buhari on June 4th, 2020 announced the withdrawal of the candidacy of Ambassador Yonov Frederick Agah, Deputy Director-General and Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) for the position of Director-General for the organisation, replacing him with Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, quite a few feathers were ruffled, home and abroad....