Okonjo-Iweala to seek second term as WTO DG
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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala takes over as new WTO Director-General
Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, will seek a second four-year term in office next year.
Okonjo-Iwelala’s tenure expires in August 2025.
Okonjo-Iweala, the first woman and African to head the WTO, was chosen by member countries of the Geneva, Switzerland-based organisation on February 15, 2021.
The 70-year-old assumed office in March of the same year.
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Okonjo-Iweala’s spokesman, Ismaila Dieng, confirmed the development in a statement on Monday.
He said his principal had taken into account “the overwhelming and broad-based support expressed by WTO’s 166 members.
The spokesman added that Okonjo-Iweala’s decision to seek another term has been officially communicated to WTO chairman, Amb. Petter Olberg from Norway.
“We can confirm that Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has officially announced her intention to seek a second term as Director-General of the WTO,” the statement read.
