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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

1954 - Today

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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala ( ; born 13 June 1954) is a Nigerian-American economist, who has been serving as the Director-General of the World Trade Organization since March 2021. Notably, she is the first woman and first African to lead the World Trade Organization as Director-General. She was previously on the boards of Danone, Standard Chartered Bank, MINDS: Mandela Institute for Development Studies, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security, One Campaign, GAVI: Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization, Rockefeller Foundation, R4D: Results for Development, ARC: African Risk Capacity and Earthshot Prize plus others. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has received more than 1,722,868 page views. Her biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is the 257th most popular economist (up from 14,534th in 2019), the 25th most popular biography from Nigeria (up from 66th in 2019) and the most popular Nigerian Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala ranks 257 out of 315Before her are David Card, Leszek Balcerowicz, Ellen Swallow Richards, Wesley Clair Mitchell, Paul Sweezy, and Grigory Yavlinsky. After her are Herman Daly, Philippe Van Parijs, Alexander Chayanov, Antony C. Sutton, Daron Acemoglu, and Maurice Dobb.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala ranks 193Before her are Kader Abdolah, Frank Bainimarama, Juliane Koepcke, Antón Lamazares, Alois Estermann, and Abdullah al-Thani. After her are Anatoliy Kinakh, Lesley-Anne Down, Juanito, Mango, Lance Kinsey, and Kathleen Quinlan.

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In Nigeria

Among people born in Nigeria, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala ranks 25 out of 236Before her are Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (1977), Shehu Shagari (1925), Ernest Shonekan (1936), Yakubu Gowon (1934), C. Odumegwu Ojukwu (1933), and Abdullah al-Thani (1954). After her are Ibrahim Babangida (1941), Rashidi Yekini (1963), Amos Tutuola (1920), Bennet Omalu (1968), Murtala Mohammed (1938), and Nana Asmaʼu (1793).

Among ECONOMISTS In Nigeria

Among economists born in Nigeria, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala ranks 1

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