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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala GCON (/ ə ŋ ˈ ɡ oʊ z i ə ˈ k oʊ n dʒ oʊ ɪ ˈ w eɪ l ə / ⓘ; born 13 June 1954 [2]) is a Nigerian economist, [3] [4] [5] [6] who has ...
On February 5, 2021, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala of Nigeria secured the support of the United States for Director-General of the WTO. [4] Okonjo-Iweala assumed office on 1 March 2021, and became both the first woman and the first African to hold this position.
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala GCON (/ ə ŋ ˈ ɡ oʊ z i ə ˈ k oʊ n dʒ oʊ ɪ ˈ w eɪ l ə / ⓘ; born 13 June 1954) is a Nigerian economist, who has been serving as the Director-General of the World Trade Organization since March 2021. She is the first woman and first African to lead the World Trade Organization as Director-General.
GENEVA (Reuters) -The World Trade Organization plans a special meeting of its top decision-making body later this month where a call could be made on the reappointment of its director-general ...
Ng met EU trade chief Maros Sefcovic for a lunch on Saturday following a meeting with Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the director general of the World Trade Organization in Geneva on Friday.
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, an economist and former finance minister of Nigeria, has become the first woman and the first African to... View Article The post Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to be first Black woman ...
Uzodinma Iweala during a public reading at the Frankfurt Book Fair on October 17, 2008. Uzodinma Iweala // ⓘ (born November 5, 1982) is a Nigerian-American author and medical doctor. [1] His debut novel, Beasts of No Nation, is a formation of his thesis work (in creative writing) at Harvard. It depicts a child soldier in an unnamed African ...
A strong consensus had formed around the candidacy of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala but on 28 October it emerged that the US representative was opposed to her appointment. [136] WTO members made history on 15 February 2021 when the General Council agreed by consensus to select Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala of Nigeria as the organization's seventh Director-General.