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Q73 (UPPCS/2021) International Relations & Global Affairs › International Organisations & Groupings

In February 2021, Ngozi Okonjo Iweala was appointed as the first woman Director General of World Trade Organisation. She belongs to which of the following countries ?

Explanation

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is a Nigerian-American economist who was appointed as the Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in February 2021. She made history by becoming both the first woman and the first African to lead the organization.

Before joining the WTO, she served two terms as Nigeria's Finance Minister (2003–2006 and 2011–2015) and briefly as Foreign Minister in 2006, being the first woman to hold both positions. She also had a distinguished 25-year career at the World Bank, rising to the No. 2 position of Managing Director. Her leadership at the WTO focuses on trade's role in economic development and global health, particularly in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic recovery.

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