BREAKING: WTO Shortlists Okonjo-Iweala For finals
Ekohotblog eptember 18, 2020
Former Minister of Finance Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been shortlisted as one of the final candidates for the Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
This come after the body dropped three candidates, Mexico’s Jesus Seade, Egypt’s Hamid Mamdouh and Moldova’s Tudor Ulianovschi from the contest.
According to WTO, the three candidates that we’re removed didn’t secure enough support in a first of three rounds of voting.
WTO General Council Chairman, David Walker, said in a statement on Friday, “Their expertise and high professional and personal qualities are highly valued and respected by all members,”
Those left in the race are: Mohammad Maziad Al-Tuwaijri, Saudi Arabia’s former minister of economy and planning; Liam Fox, the UK’s former secretary of state for international trade; Yoo Myung-hee, South Korea’s trade minister; Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala; and Amina Chawahir Mohamed Jibril, Kenya’s former international trade minister.
The organisation also said that it plans to remove more candidate in it’s second phase of consultations which would begin on September 24 until October 6 after which a new leader will be announced on November 7.
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