Director-General of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
Encyclopedia
The Director-General of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade was responsible for supervising the administrative functions of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
(GATT). The first Director-General, Eric Wyndham White
, was appointed on March 23, 1965. GATT had a total of 5 Director-Generals until the WTO was formed in 1995. Peter Sutherland
was the last Director-General of GATT, and the first of the WTO.
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade was negotiated during the UN Conference on Trade and Employment and was the outcome of the failure of negotiating governments to create the International Trade Organization . GATT was signed in 1947 and lasted until 1993, when it was replaced by the World...
(GATT). The first Director-General, Eric Wyndham White
Eric Wyndham White
Sir Eric Wyndham White KCMG was a British administrator and economist. He was founder and first executive secretary of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade between 1948 and 1965...
, was appointed on March 23, 1965. GATT had a total of 5 Director-Generals until the WTO was formed in 1995. Peter Sutherland
Peter Sutherland
Peter Denis Sutherland, KCMG is an Irish international businessman and former Attorney General of Ireland, associated with the Fine Gael party . He is a barrister by profession, and is also Senior Counsel at the Irish Bar...
was the last Director-General of GATT, and the first of the WTO.
| Name | Took office | Left office | Country | |
| 1 | Eric Wyndham White Eric Wyndham White Sir Eric Wyndham White KCMG was a British administrator and economist. He was founder and first executive secretary of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade between 1948 and 1965... |
23 March 1965 | 6 May 1968 | United Kingdom United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages... |
| 2 | Olivier Long Olivier Long Olivier Long was a Swiss Ambassador and the director-general of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade from May 6, 1968 to October 1, 1980.Long was born in Petit-Veyrier, Geneva... |
6 May 1968 | 1 October 1980 | Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition.... |
| 3 | Arthur Dunkel Arthur Dunkel Arthur Dunkel was a Swiss administrator. He served as director-general of General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade between 1980 and 1993. Dunkel was educated at the Graduate Institute of International Studies, in Geneva.Arthur Dunkel took an active part in the Uruguay Round Negotiations of the GATT... |
1 October 1980 | 1 July 1993 | Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition.... |
| 5 | Peter Sutherland Peter Sutherland Peter Denis Sutherland, KCMG is an Irish international businessman and former Attorney General of Ireland, associated with the Fine Gael party . He is a barrister by profession, and is also Senior Counsel at the Irish Bar... |
1 July 1993 | 1 May 1995 (WTO) | Ireland Ireland Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth... |