Historisk utnämning: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala blir WTO-chef

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (born 13 June 1954) is a Nigerian-American economist and international development expert. She sits on the Boards of Standard Chartered Bank, Twitter, Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI), and the African Risk Capacity (ARC). On February 5, 2021, she secured the support of the US for the post of director-general the World Trade Organization and was expected to be selected for the position.Previously, Okonjo-Iweala spent a 25-year career at the World Bank as a development economist, scaling the ranks to the Number 2 position of Managing Director, Operations (2007–2011). She also served two terms as Finance Minister of Nigeria (2003–2006, 2011–2015) under President Olusegun Obasanjo and President Goodluck Jonathan respectively. Okonjo was the first woman to become Finance Minister of Nigeria, and first woman to serve in that office twice. In 2005, Euromoney named her global finance minister of the year.

Världshandelsorganisationen (förkortas WTO från engelskans World Trade Organization) är en internationell organisation skapad med syfte att övervaka och liberalisera internationell handel. Organisationen är en produkt av Uruguayrundan och upprättades officiellt den 1 januari 1995, genom Marrakechavtalet, och övertog och inkluderade då General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade-avtalet (GATT) från 1947.