Breaking News: Okonjo-Iweala Emerges WTO Director General

Nigeria’s former minister of Finances Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has emerged as the Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO)

Okonjo-Iweala served twice as Nigeria’s Finance Minister and also as Minister of Foreign Affairs. She was the first female to hold both positions.

According to a breaking news on Joecrackconcept News on Wednesday afternoon, Okonjo-Iweala defeated her only challenger, South Korea’s Yoo Myung-hee, by a wide margin.

Her emergence is expected to be announced formally by the WTO later on Wednesday.

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Positions held before

Minister of Finance

In office

17 August 2011 – 29 May 2015

President      Goodluck Jonathan

Preceded by            Olusegun Olutoyin Aganga

Succeeded by          Kemi Adeosun

In office

15 July 2003 – 21 June 2006

President      Olusegun Obasanjo

Preceded by            Adamu Ciroma

Succeeded by          Nenadi Usman

Coordinating Minister for the Economy

In office

17 August 2011 – 29 May 2015

President      Goodluck Jonathan

Preceded by            Olusegun Olutoyin Aganga

Succeeded by          Position abolished

Minister of Foreign Affairs

In office

21 June 2006 – 30 August 2006

President      Olusegun Obasanjo

Preceded by            Oluyemi Adeniji

Succeeded by          Joy Ogwu

Personal details

Born   13 June 1954 (age 66)

Ogwashi Ukwu, Nigeria

Citizenship    Nigeria, United States

Education     Harvard University (BA)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MA, PhD)

 

Okonjo-Iweala was born in Ogwashi-Ukwu, Delta State, Nigeria where her father Professor Chukwuka Okonjo is the Eze (King) from the Obahai Royal Family of Ogwashi-Ukwu.

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Okonjo-Iweala was educated at Queen’s School, Enugu, St. Anne’s School, Molete, Ibadan, and the International School Ibadan. She arrived in the US in 1973 as a teenager to study at Harvard University, graduating magna cum laude with an AB in Economics in 1976.

In 1981, she earned her Ph.D in regional economics and development from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with a thesis titled Credit policy, rural financial markets, and Nigeria’s agricultural development. She received an International Fellowship from the American Association of University Women (AAUW), that supported her doctoral studies.

 

She is married to Dr. Ikemba Iweala, a neurosurgeon. They have four children  one daughter, Onyinye Iweala (AB, MD, PhD, Harvard) and three sons, Uzodinma Iweala (AB, Harvard, MD, Columbia, Okechukwu Iweala (AB, Harvard) and Uchechi Iweala (AB, MD, MBA, Harvard).

 

During her campaign to become the next Director General of the WTO, it was revealed that Okonjo-Iweala became a US citizen in 2019 after spending several decades working and studying in the United States. Given the ongoing trade tensions between the United States and China, Chinese trade experts commented that the disclosure would be a contributing factor in shaping China’s attitude towards her.

Currently, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has emerged as the Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO).

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