Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Director-General, World Trade Organization

Location: Abuja

Economist and former Nigerian finance minister who became the first woman and first African to lead the World Trade Organization.

About

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is a Nigerian and Nigerian-American economist who twice served as Nigeria’s Minister of Finance and later as Managing Director at the World Bank. In 2021 she became Director-General of the World Trade Organization, the first woman and first African to hold the role.

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Profile details

Organisation
World Trade Organization
Location
Abuja
Category
Public Service
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