Nigeria’s Okonjo-Iweala confirmed as WTO chief
She becomes the first woman and first African to lead the embattled trade body
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is the first woman and the first African to lead the World Trade Organization. © Reuters
GENEVA (Reuters) — Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was selected by consensus to be the next director-general of the World Trade Organization at a closed-door meeting on Monday, according to two sources attending the meeting.
All members of the WTO’s top decision-making body, the General Council, agreed on her appointment in a virtual meeting which had just one agenda item, they said. The WTO subsequently confirmed the choice.
