ECONOMIST

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

1954 - Today

Photo of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Icon of person Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (, Igbo pronunciation: [ŋ́gɔ́zí òkóꜜńdʒó ìwáàːlà] ; born 13 June 1954) is a Nigerian economist, who has been serving as the director-general of the World Trade Organization since March 2021. She is the first ever woman and also the first African to lead the World Trade Organization as director-general. She was previously on the boards of Danone, Standard Chartered Bank, MINDS: Mandela Institute for Development Studies, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security, One Campaign, GAVI: Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization, Rockefeller Foundation, R4D: Results for Development, ARC: African Risk Capacity and Earthshot Prize plus others. She also previously sat on the Twitter Board of Directors, and stepped down in February 2021 in connection with her appointment as director-general of the World Trade Organization. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is the 191st most popular economist (up from 275th in 2019), the 18th most popular biography from Nigeria (up from 33rd in 2019) and the most popular Nigerian Economist.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala by language

Loading...

Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala ranks 191 out of 414. Before her are Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen, Michel Camdessus, Walter Eucken, Peter Navarro, Gustav Cassel, and Kenneth E. Boulding. After her are Daniel Ellsberg, Thomas Piketty, Nikolay Danilevsky, Benjamin Tucker, Clément Juglar, and John Bates Clark.

Most Popular Economists in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala ranks 145. Before her are Francisco Guterres, Steven Pinker, Robert W. McElroy, Herbert Hainer, Branko Ivanković, and Cindy Breakspeare. After her are Brad Little, Paul Gallagher, Catherine Samba-Panza, Jerry Seinfeld, Vitas Gerulaitis, and Hermann Tilke.

Others Born in 1954

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Nigeria

Among people born in Nigeria, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala ranks 18 out of 309. Before her are Usman dan Fodio (1754), Samuel Ajayi Crowther (1809), Olusegun Obasanjo (1937), Bola Tinubu (1952), Jay-Jay Okocha (1973), and John Obi Mikel (1987). After her are Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (1951), Sani Abacha (1943), Ken Saro-Wiwa (1941), Moshood Abiola (1937), Hakeem Olajuwon (1963), and Olaudah Equiano (1745).

Others born in Nigeria

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among ECONOMISTS In Nigeria

Among economists born in Nigeria, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala ranks 1. 

Nigerian born Economists

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous