Director-General of the World Trade Organization
The
Director-General of the World Trade Organization holds the highest permanent office of the
World Trade Organization, and is responsible for supervising the administrative functions of the organization. Because World Trade Organizations' decisions are made by member states (through either a Ministerial Conference or through the General Council), the Director-General has little power over matters of policy - the role is primarily a technical one.
The current Director-General (since September 2005) is
Pascal Lamy of
France.
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.
