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width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Ngozi_Okonjo-Iweala_takes_over_as_new_WTO_Director-General%2C_1_March_2021_%2850993534756%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Ngozi_Okonjo-Iweala_takes_over_as_new_WTO_Director-General%2C_1_March_2021_%2850993534756%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Ngozi_Okonjo-Iweala_takes_over_as_new_WTO_Director-General%2C_1_March_2021_%2850993534756%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Ngozi_Okonjo-Iweala_takes_over_as_new_WTO_Director-General%2C_1_March_2021_%2850993534756%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1783" data-file-height="2376" /></a></span></div><div style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">Incumbent<br /><a href="/wiki/Ngozi_Okonjo-Iweala" title="Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala">Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala</a><br /></div>since 1 March 2021</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/World_Trade_Organization" title="World Trade Organization">World Trade Organization</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Style_(form_of_address)" title="Style (form of address)">Style</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Madam Director-General<br />(informal)<br /><a href="/wiki/Her_Excellency" class="mw-redirect" title="Her Excellency">Her Excellency</a><br />(diplomatic)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Status</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chief_Administrative_Officer" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Administrative Officer">Chief Administrative Officer</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reports to</th><td class="infobox-data">General Council</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Seat_(legal_entity)" title="Seat (legal entity)">Seat</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Centre_William_Rappard" title="Centre William Rappard">Centre William Rappard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Geneva" title="Geneva">Geneva</a>, <a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland">Switzerland</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Appointer</th><td class="infobox-data">General Council</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Term_of_office" title="Term of office">Term length</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Four years, renewable</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Constituting instrument</th><td class="infobox-data">WTO Organization Chart</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formation</th><td class="infobox-data">1 January 1995</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First holder</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Sutherland" title="Peter Sutherland">Peter Sutherland</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Deputy</th><td class="infobox-data">Deputy Director-Generals</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/dg_e/dg_e.htm">www.wto.org</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p><p>The <b>director-general of the World Trade Organization</b> is the officer of the <a href="/wiki/World_Trade_Organization" title="World Trade Organization">World Trade Organization</a> (WTO) responsible for supervising and directing the organization's administrative operations. Since the World Trade Organization's decisions are made by member states, either through a <a href="/wiki/Ministerial_Conference" title="Ministerial Conference">Ministerial Conference</a> or through the General Council, the director-general has little power over matters of policy – the role is primarily advisory and managerial in nature. The director-general supervises the WTO secretariat of about 700 staff and is appointed by WTO members for a term of four years.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The post of Director-General had been vacant since 31 August 2020,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> after the resignation of <a href="/wiki/Roberto_Azev%C3%AAdo" title="Roberto Azevêdo">Roberto Azevêdo</a> of Brazil who had held the post since 1 September 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-Guardian1_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardian1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On February 5, 2021, Dr. <a href="/wiki/Ngozi_Okonjo-Iweala" title="Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala">Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala</a> of Nigeria secured the support of the United States for Director-General of the WTO.<sup id="cite_ref-politico.com_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-politico.com-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Okonjo-Iweala assumed office on 1 March 2021, and became both the first woman and the first African to hold this position. </p><p>Before the formation of the WTO, the <a href="/wiki/General_Agreement_on_Tariffs_and_Trade" title="General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade">General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade</a> (GATT) had a series of <a href="/wiki/Director-General_of_the_General_Agreement_on_Tariffs_and_Trade" title="Director-General of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade">directors-general</a>. <a href="/wiki/Peter_Sutherland" title="Peter Sutherland">Peter Sutherland</a> was the last director-general of GATT and the first of the WTO. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_directors-general">List of directors-general</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Director-General_of_the_World_Trade_Organization&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: List of directors-general"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This is a list of former holders of the office of Director-General. The post was created in 1995, although the earlier office of Executive Secretary is often seen as a direct equivalent.<sup id="cite_ref-List_of_DG_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-List_of_DG-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">No. </th> <th rowspan="2" class="unsortable">Portrait </th> <th rowspan="2">Name and dates </th> <th colspan="2">Term </th> <th rowspan="2">Home country </th></tr> <tr> <th>Start </th> <th>End </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Peter_Sutherland_(1985).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Peter_Sutherland_%281985%29.jpg/100px-Peter_Sutherland_%281985%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Peter_Sutherland_%281985%29.jpg/150px-Peter_Sutherland_%281985%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Peter_Sutherland_%281985%29.jpg/200px-Peter_Sutherland_%281985%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1771" data-file-height="2392" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Peter_Sutherland" title="Peter Sutherland">Peter Sutherland</a></b><br /><small>(1946–2018)</small> </td> <td>1 July 1993 </td> <td>30 April 1995 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland"><img alt="Republic of Ireland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Ireland</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Renato_Ruggiero.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Renato_Ruggiero.jpg/100px-Renato_Ruggiero.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Renato_Ruggiero.jpg/150px-Renato_Ruggiero.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Renato_Ruggiero.jpg/200px-Renato_Ruggiero.jpg 2x" data-file-width="343" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Renato_Ruggiero" title="Renato Ruggiero">Renato Ruggiero</a></b><br /><small>(1930–2013)</small> </td> <td>1 May 1995 </td> <td>31 August 1999 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mike_Moore.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Mike_Moore.jpg/100px-Mike_Moore.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="108" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Mike_Moore.jpg/150px-Mike_Moore.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Mike_Moore.jpg/200px-Mike_Moore.jpg 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="323" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_Moore_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="Mike Moore (New Zealand politician)"><b>Mike Moore</b></a><br /><small>(1949–2020)</small> </td> <td>1 September 1999 </td> <td>31 August 2002 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand"><img alt="New Zealand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, 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Panitchpakdi">Supachai Panitchpakdi</a></b><br /><small>(born 1946)</small> </td> <td>1 September 2002 </td> <td>31 August 2005 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Thailand" title="Thailand"><img alt="Thailand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/23px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/35px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/45px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Thailand" title="Thailand">Thailand</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">5 </td> <td rowspan="2"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pascal_Lamy,_2006.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Pascal_Lamy%2C_2006.jpg/100px-Pascal_Lamy%2C_2006.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Pascal_Lamy%2C_2006.jpg/150px-Pascal_Lamy%2C_2006.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Pascal_Lamy%2C_2006.jpg/200px-Pascal_Lamy%2C_2006.jpg 2x" data-file-width="375" data-file-height="559" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Pascal_Lamy" title="Pascal Lamy">Pascal Lamy</a></b><br /><small>(born 1947)</small> </td> <td>1 September 2005 </td> <td>31 August 2009 </td> <td rowspan="2"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" 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2x" data-file-width="269" data-file-height="359" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Roberto_Azev%C3%AAdo" title="Roberto Azevêdo">Roberto Azevêdo</a></b><br /><small>(born 1957)</small> </td> <td>1 September 2013 </td> <td>31 August 2017 </td> <td rowspan="2"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil"><img alt="Brazil" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1 September 2017 </td> <td>31 August 2020<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 </td> <td><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Ngozi_Okonjo-Iweala_takes_over_as_new_WTO_Director-General,_1_March_2021_(50993534756)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Ngozi_Okonjo-Iweala_takes_over_as_new_WTO_Director-General%2C_1_March_2021_%2850993534756%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Ngozi_Okonjo-Iweala_takes_over_as_new_WTO_Director-General%2C_1_March_2021_%2850993534756%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="105" height="140" class="mw-file-element" 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</td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">Incumbent</div> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria"><img alt="Nigeria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020_director-general_selection">2020 director-general selection</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg/42px-Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="42" height="34" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg/63px-Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg/84px-Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="290" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section needs to be <b>updated</b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">February 2021</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In May 2020, Director-General Azevedo announced that he would step down on 31 August 2020, a year before his mandate was due to expire.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 17 August 2020, <a href="/wiki/Human_rights" title="Human rights">human rights</a> organizations urged the member nations to reject the nomination of <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Al-Tuwaijri" title="Mohammad Al-Tuwaijri">Mohammad Al-Tuwaijri</a>, citing <a href="/wiki/Human_rights_in_Saudi_Arabia" title="Human rights in Saudi Arabia">the country's poor human rights records</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>General Council Chair David Walker initiated a process of consultation with members from 7 September 2020 onwards, through which the field of candidates was gradually reduced until an appointment was to be made.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Eight candidates were put forward by WTO member governments to succeed Azevedo.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The final selection required a consensus of the 164 member countries and was expected to take place in November, 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-yoodecision_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-yoodecision-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, due to "the health situation and current events" the meeting was postponed.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>List of candidates </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Country </th> <th>Name </th> <th>Notes </th> <th>Ref. </th></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria"><img alt="Nigeria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ngozi_Okonjo-Iweala" title="Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala">Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala</a> </td> <td>Former Managing Director of the <a href="/wiki/World_Bank" title="World Bank">World Bank</a>, <a href="/wiki/Finance_Minister_of_Nigeria" title="Finance Minister of Nigeria">Finance Minister</a> and <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Nigeria)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Foreign Affairs (Nigeria)">Minister of Foreign Affairs</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="4">Withdrawn on 5 February 2021 after consultation with major countries such as the United States<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yoo_Myung-hee" title="Yoo Myung-hee">Yoo Myung-hee</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Trade,_Industry_and_Energy_(South_Korea)#Minister_for_Trade" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (South Korea)">Minister for Trade of South Korea</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-yoodecision_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-yoodecision-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="4">Withdrawn on 6 October 2020 after the second round of consultations<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Kenya" title="Kenya"><img alt="Kenya" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Kenya.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kenya.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Kenya.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kenya.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Kenya.svg/45px-Flag_of_Kenya.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kenya" title="Kenya">Kenya</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Amina_C._Mohamed" class="mw-redirect" title="Amina C. Mohamed">Amina C. Mohamed</a> </td> <td>Cabinet Secretary for Sports, Heritage and Culture in Kenya </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia"><img alt="Saudi Arabia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Al-Tuwaijri" title="Mohammad Al-Tuwaijri">Mohammad Al-Tuwaijri</a> </td> <td>Minister ranked advisor at the Royal Court, ex-minister of Economy and Planning </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liam_Fox" title="Liam Fox">Liam Fox</a> </td> <td>Former <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_International_Trade" title="Secretary of State for International Trade">Secretary of State for International Trade</a> and <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Defence" title="Secretary of State for Defence">Secretary of State for Defence</a> in the UK </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="4">Withdrawn on 18 September 2020 after the first round of consultations<sup id="cite_ref-DIT_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DIT-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico"><img alt="Mexico" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/46px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560" 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title="Information Technology Agreement">Information Technology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marrakesh_Agreement" title="Marrakesh Agreement">Marrakesh Agreement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doha_Declaration_on_the_TRIPS_agreement_and_public_health" title="Doha Declaration on the TRIPS agreement and public health">Doha Declaration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bali_Package" title="Bali Package">Bali Package</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ministerial_Conference" title="Ministerial Conference">Ministerial<br />Conferences</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/World_Trade_Organization_Ministerial_Conference_of_1996" title="World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference of 1996">1st (1996)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Trade_Organization_Ministerial_Conference_of_1998" title="World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference of 1998">2nd (1998)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Trade_Organization_Ministerial_Conference_of_1999" title="World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference of 1999">3rd (1999)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Trade_Organization_Ministerial_Conference_of_2001" title="World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference of 2001">4th (2001)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Trade_Organization_Ministerial_Conference_of_2003" title="World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference of 2003">5th (2003)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Trade_Organization_Ministerial_Conference_of_2005" title="World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference of 2005">6th (2005)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Trade_Organization_Ministerial_Conference_of_2009" title="World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference of 2009">7th (2009)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Trade_Organization_Ministerial_Conference_of_2011" title="World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference of 2011">8th (2011)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Trade_Organization_Ministerial_Conference_of_2013" title="World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference of 2013">9th (2013)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Trade_Organization_Ministerial_Conference_of_2015" title="World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference of 2015">10th (2015)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Trade_Organization_Ministerial_Conference_of_2017" title="World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference of 2017">11th (2017)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Trade_Organization_Ministerial_Conference_of_2022" title="World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference of 2022">12th (2022)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">People</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ngozi_Okonjo-Iweala" title="Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala">Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala</a> (<a class="mw-selflink selflink">Director-General</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roberto_Azev%C3%AAdo" title="Roberto Azevêdo">Roberto Azevêdo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pascal_Lamy" title="Pascal Lamy">Pascal Lamy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supachai_Panitchpakdi" title="Supachai Panitchpakdi">Supachai Panitchpakdi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alejandro_Jara" title="Alejandro Jara">Alejandro Jara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rufus_Yerxa" title="Rufus Yerxa">Rufus Yerxa</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Members</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Afghanistan" title="Economy of Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Albania" title="Economy of Albania">Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Algeria" title="Economy of Algeria">Algeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Angola" title="Economy of 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