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The
Director-General
of the World
Trade
Organization
is
responsible
for
supervising
the
administrative
functions of
the World
Trade
Organization
(WTO).
The
Director-General
supervises
the WTO
secretariat
of about 700
staff and is
appointed by
WTO members
for a term
of four
years.
Before the
creation of
the WTO, the
General
Agreement on
Tariffs and
Trade had a
series of
Directors-General.
Peter
Sutherland
was the last
DG of GATT
and the
first of the
WTO
List of
Director-General
of the World
Trade
Organization
|
|
Name
|
Duration |
Country |
|
|
|
1.Peter
Sutherland
|
1
July
1993
– 1
May
1995
|
Ireland |
|
|
|
2.Renato
Ruggiero
|
1
May
1995
–1
September
1999 |
Italy |
|
|
|
3.
Mike
Moore
|
1
September
1999
-
1September
2002 |
New
Zealand
|
|
|
|
4.Supachai
Panitchpakdi
|
1
September
2002- 1
September
2001 |
Thailand
|
|
|
|
5.Pascal
Lamy
|
1
September
2005-1
September
2013 |
France |
|
|
|
6.Roberto
Azevedo
|
1
September
2013
-
|
Brazil |
|
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