2021-02-16T14:00:02+00:00

Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala confirmed as WTO's new Director General

DG selection process 2020- Press conference - Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria Credit: World Trade Organization/Jay Louvion, via Wikimedia Commons (Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.0)

The World Trade Organization has confirmed Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, a Nigerian-American economist and international development expert, as its new director general. She is the first female and the first African to hold this position.

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Source: The New York Times

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