Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

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Nigerian politician author development economist economist human international civil servant public servant

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is a Nigerian-American economist and global development expert who became the first woman and first African to lead the World Trade Organization.

Aliases (1)

Okonjo-Iweala ×1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nigerian politician → author → development economist → economist → human → international civil servant → public servant →
appliesToPosition	Director-General of the World Trade Organization →
awardReceived	Commander of the Federal Republic (Nigeria) → Forbes Africa Person of the Year → Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger → Time 100 Most Influential People →
citizenship	Nigeria → United States of America →
countryOfBirth	Nigeria →
dateOfBirth	1954-06-13 →
degree	AB in Economics → PhD in Regional Economics and Development →
educatedAt	Harvard University → Massachusetts Institute of Technology →
employer	Government of Nigeria → World Bank → World Trade Organization →
familyName	Okonjo-Iweala →
fieldOfWork	development economics → economics → global development → international trade →
givenName	Ngozi →
languageSpoken	English → Igbo →
memberOf	African Union special envoys on COVID-19 → Board of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance → Board of Twitter (now X) (former) →
name	Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala →
notableAchievement	first African Director-General of the World Trade Organization → first female Finance Minister of Nigeria → first person to serve twice as Finance Minister of Nigeria → first woman Director-General of the World Trade Organization →
notableWork	Fighting Corruption Is Dangerous: The Story Behind the Headlines → Reforming the Unreformable: Lessons from Nigeria →
numberOfChildren	4 →
placeOfBirth	Ogwashi-Ukwu →
positionHeld	Director-General of the World Trade Organization → Finance Minister of Nigeria → Foreign Minister of Nigeria → Managing Director of the World Bank →
religion	Christianity →
residence	Geneva → Nigeria →
sexOrGender	female →
spouse	Ikemba Iweala →
startTime	2021-03-01 →

Referenced by (18)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Fighting Corruption Is Dangerous: The Story Behind the Headlines → Reforming the Unreformable: Lessons from Nigeria →	author
Fighting Corruption Is Dangerous: The Story Behind the Headlines →	about
World Trade Organization →	currentDirectorGeneral
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala ("Okonjo-Iweala") →	familyName
The B Team →	hasKeyPerson
Ngozi →	hasNotableBearer
Forbes list of the World's 100 Most Powerful Women →	hasNotableListMember
Ogwashi-Ukwu →	hasNotablePerson
Ogwashi-Ukwu →	isHometownOf
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala →	name
Forbes Africa Person of the Year →	notableRecipient
Director-General of the World Trade Organization →	officeHolder
Ikemba Iweala →	relative
Ikemba Iweala →	spouse
Ikemba Iweala →	spouseOf
Roberto Azevêdo →	succeededBy
Fighting Corruption Is Dangerous: The Story Behind the Headlines →	workOf