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.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Director-General of the World Trade Organization canonical 13
Director-General of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 2
Director-General of GATT 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 ⓘ
surface form: 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 World Trade Organization self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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 (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization → depositary → Director-General of the World Trade Organization ⓘ
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala → positionHeld → Director-General of the World Trade Organization ⓘ
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala → appliesToPosition → Director-General of the World Trade Organization ⓘ
Roberto Azevêdo → positionHeld → Director-General of the World Trade Organization ⓘ
Director-General of the World Trade Organization → replaces → Director-General of the World Trade Organization self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Director-General of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
Pascal Lamy → positionHeld → Director-General of the World Trade Organization ⓘ
WTO panels → membersAppointedBy → Director-General of the World Trade Organization ⓘ
Mike Moore → positionHeld → Director-General of the World Trade Organization ⓘ
Mike Moore → officeHeldForPeriod → Director-General of the World Trade Organization ⓘ
this entity surface form: Director-General of the World Trade Organization (1999–2002)
Supachai Panitchpakdi → positionHeld → Director-General of the World Trade Organization ⓘ
Supachai Panitchpakdi → officeHeldAtTime → Director-General of the World Trade Organization ⓘ
Peter Sutherland → positionHeld → Director-General of the World Trade Organization ⓘ
this entity surface form: Director-General of GATT
Peter Sutherland → positionHeld → Director-General of the World Trade Organization ⓘ
Renato Ruggiero → officeHeld → Director-General of the World Trade Organization ⓘ
Lamy → positionHeld → Director-General of the World Trade Organization ⓘ
subject surface form: Pascal Lamy
Olivier Long → positionHeld → Director-General of the World Trade Organization ⓘ
this entity surface form: Director-General of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
SPS Agreement → depositedWith → Director-General of the World Trade Organization ⓘ