Director-General of the World Trade Organization

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executive position head of international organization international public office

The Director-General of the World Trade Organization is the chief administrative officer and public face of the WTO, responsible for overseeing its secretariat, facilitating trade negotiations, and representing the organization in global economic affairs.

Aliases (1)

Director-General of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	executive position → head of international organization → international public office →
appointedBy	General Council of the World Trade Organization → Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization →
country	Switzerland →
hasEmployer	World Trade Organization →
hasOfficialLanguage	English → French → Spanish →
headquartersLocation	Geneva →
inception	1995 →
legalBasis	Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization →
officeCreatedFor	World Trade Organization →
officeHolder	Mike Moore → Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala → Pascal Lamy → Peter Sutherland → Renato Ruggiero → Roberto Azevêdo → Supachai Panitchpakdi →
officeHolderStartTime	Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala:2021-03-01 →
officeHolderTimeSpan	Mike Moore:1999-2002 → Pascal Lamy:2005-2009 → Pascal Lamy:2009-2013 → Peter Sutherland:1993-1995 → Renato Ruggiero:1995-1999 → Roberto Azevêdo:2013-2017 → Roberto Azevêdo:2017-2020 → Supachai Panitchpakdi:2002-2005 →
officeLocation	Centre William Rappard →
partOf	World Trade Organization →
precededBy	Director-General of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade →
replaces	Director-General of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade →
reportsTo	General Council of the World Trade Organization → Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization →
responsibleFor	acting as public face of the WTO → administration of WTO budget → facilitating multilateral trade negotiations → management of WTO staff → overseeing WTO Secretariat → representing WTO in international economic forums →
selectionCriteria	ability to build consensus among member states → experience in international trade and economic policy →
selectionMethod	appointment by General Council → consensus among WTO members →
termLength	4 years →
termRenewable	true →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala → Pascal Lamy → Roberto Azevêdo →	positionHeld
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala →	appliesToPosition
Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization →	depositary
WTO panels →	membersAppointedBy
Director-General of the World Trade Organization ("Director-General of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade") →	replaces