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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been appointed the new chief of the World Trade Organization<\/a>, becoming the first woman to ever lead the Switzerland-based institution and the first African citizen to take on the role. However, this is not the first time that Okonjo-Iweala makes history.<\/div>\n
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Born in Nigeria, Okonjo-Iweala graduated from Harvard University in 1976 and then earned a PhD from MIT. She then became the first woman to take on the Nigerian finance ministry and the foreign ministry too. She was also the first female to run for the World Bank presidency, where she spent 25 years.<\/p>\n

In October, her WTO candidacy was supported by all geographic regions at the trade body apart from the United States, where the then-Trump administration said it would continue backing the Korean candidate. However, Okonjo-Iweala’s appointment was cleared when\u00a0President Joe Biden<\/a>\u00a0announced a few days ago his support for the 66-year old.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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