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| Roberto Azevêdo | |
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| Director-General of the World Trade Organization | |
| Assuming office 1 september, 2013 | |
| Succeeding | Pascal Lamy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Roberto Carvalho de Azevêdo (1957-10-03) October 3, 1957 (age 67) Salvador, Bahia, Brazil |
| Profession | ambassador |
Roberto Carvalho de Azevêdo (Salvador, Bahia, Brazil 3 October 1957) is a Brazilian diplomat, representantive of Brazil at the World Trade Organization since 2008. He is considered the most knowledgeable brazilian diplomat on comercial negotiations, well prepared and with a good transit on the WTO. He is the elected Director-General of the World Trade Organization, succeeding Pascal Lamy after September 1, 2013.
Personal life
Azevêdo is married and has two daughters.
References
- ^ "Biography Roberto Azevedo" (PDF). WTO. Retrieved 2013-05-07.
- Bacoccina, Denize (2013-01-11). "Um brasileiro na OMC" (in Portuguese). Istoé Dinheiro. Retrieved 2013-05-07.
- Rossi, Clóvis (2013-01-27). "Protecionismo atrapalha Brasil na OMC" (in Portuguese). Folha.com. Retrieved 2013-05-07.
- Politi, James; Leahy, Joe; Chaffin, Joshua (2013-05-07). "Brazilian diplomat Roberto Azevêdo wins WTO leadership battle". Financial Times. Retrieved 2013-05-07.
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