Okonjo-Iweala, 70, is seeking a second four-year term running the Geneva-based trade body when her current term expires on Aug 31. She took office in March 2021.
World Trade Organization Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala will run for a second term unopposed, the organisation said, raising questions about whether she’ll receive support from a new US administration under President-elect Donald Trump.
The month-long period for nominations closed on Friday with the incumbent, a former Nigerian finance minister and the first woman to hold the job, emerging as “the only candidate for the role”, Ambassador Petter Ølberg of Norway, chair of the WTO’s General Council, said in a statement on Saturday.
