Director-General of The World Trade Organization - Past Directors-General

Past Directors-General

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.

Name Took office Left office 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 1 September 2002 New Zealand
4 Supachai Panitchpakdi 1 September 2002 1 September 2005 Thailand
5 Pascal Lamy 1 September 2005 --- France
World Trade Organization
System
  • Accession and membership
  • Appellate Body
  • Dispute Settlement Body
  • International Trade Centre
  • Chronology of key events
Issues
  • Criticism
  • Doha Development Round
  • Singapore issues
  • Quota Elimination
  • Peace Clause
Agreements
  • General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
  • Agriculture
  • Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
  • Technical Barriers to Trade
  • Trade Related Investment Measures
  • Trade in Services
  • Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
  • Government Procurement
  • Information Technology
  • Marrakech Agreement
  • Doha Declaration
Ministerial Conferences
  • 1st (1996)
  • 2nd (1998)
  • 3rd (1999)
  • 4th (2001)
  • 5th (2003)
  • 6th (2005)
  • 7th (2009)
  • 8th (2011)
People
  • Pascal Lamy (Director-General)
  • Supachai Panitchpakdi (Former Director-General)
  • Deputy Directors-General:
    • Alejandro Jara
    • Valentine Rugwabiza
    • Harsha Singh
    • Rufus Yerxa
Members
  • Albania
  • Algeria
  • Angola
  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Argentina
  • Armenia
  • Australia
  • Bahrain
  • Bangladesh
  • Barbados
  • Belize
  • Benin
  • Bolivia
  • Botswana
  • Brazil
  • Brunei
  • Burkina Faso
  • Burma
  • Burundi
  • Cambodia
  • Cameroon
  • Canada
  • Cape Verde
  • Central African Republic
  • Chad
  • Chile
  • China
  • Colombia
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Republic of the Congo
  • Costa Rica
  • Côte d'Ivoire
  • Croatia
  • Cuba
  • Djibouti
  • Dominica
  • Dominican Republic
  • Ecuador
  • Egypt
  • El Salvador
  • European Union¹
  • Fiji
  • Gabon
  • The Gambia
  • Georgia
  • Ghana
  • Grenada
  • Guatemala
  • Guinea
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Guyana
  • Haiti
  • Honduras
  • Hong Kong²
  • Iceland
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Israel
  • Jamaica
  • Japan
  • Jordan
  • Kenya
  • South Korea
  • Kuwait
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Lesotho
  • Liechtenstein
  • Macau²
  • Macedonia
  • Madagascar
  • Malawi
  • Malaysia
  • Maldives
  • Mali
  • Mauritania
  • Mauritius
  • Mexico
  • Moldova
  • Mongolia
  • Morocco
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • Nepal
  • New Zealand
  • Nicaragua
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • Norway
  • Oman
  • Pakistan
  • Panama
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Paraguay
  • Peru
  • Philippines
  • Qatar
  • Russia
  • Rwanda
  • St. Kitts and Nevis
  • St. Lucia
  • St. Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Samoa
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Senegal
  • Sierra Leone
  • Singapore
  • Solomon Islands
  • South Africa
  • Sri Lanka
  • Suriname
  • Swaziland
  • Switzerland
  • Taiwan³
  • Tanzania
  • Thailand
  • Togo
  • Tonga
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Tunisia
  • Turkey
  • Uganda
  • Ukraine
  • United Arab Emirates
  • United States
  • Uruguay
  • Venezuela
  • Vietnam
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe

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