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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala · Quickanomics

Public figure

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Director-General of the World Trade Organization and a Nigerian economist. She leads the international trade institution and gives its policy perspective alongside trade data and forecasts.

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala at the WTO, March 2021. Photo: WTO/Bryan Lehmann. File portrait. World Trade Organization · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Resized; cropped to a portrait for display.

Profile checked Oct 11, 2026. Roles and titles reflect the cited sources at that time.

Background

The WTO's biography records earlier service as Nigeria's finance minister and at the World Bank. Her call for policy stability is a policy judgment, separate from the forecast's measured results.

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WTO: Director-General biography

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