Roberto Carvalho de Azevêdo (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʁoˈbɛʁtu kaʁˈvaʎu dʒi azeˈvedu]; born 3 October 1957) is a Brazilian diplomat and the current Director-General of the World Trade Organization.[1] Azevêdo was elected to succeed Pascal Lamy
Pascal Lamy as Director-General of the World Trade Organization
Director-General of the World Trade Organization in May 2013.[2] He assumed office on 1 September 2013. He is paid a salary of 30,000 swiss francs and an allowance of 2,000.

Contents

1 Early life and education 2 Career

2.1 Director General of the World Trade Organization

3 Personal life 4 References

Early life and education[edit] Azevêdo graduated in Electrical Engineering
Electrical Engineering from University of Brasília and International Relations
International Relations at Rio Branco Institute.[1] Besides his native Portuguese, he is fluent in English, French and Spanish. Career[edit] His first diplomatic posting was to Washington in 1988. He subsequently served in the Brazilian embassy in Montevideo, Uruguay before being assigned to the Permanent Mission of Brazil in Geneva, Switzerland in 1997. In 2001 Roberto Carvalho de Azevêdo was named head of the Brazilian Foreign Ministry’s Dispute Settlement Unit where he remained until 2005. During his tenure he acted as chief litigator in many disputes at the WTO and served on WTO dispute settlement panels. From 2006 to 2008 he was Vice-Minister for Economic and Technical Affairs at the Foreign Ministry in Brasilia. In that capacity he was Brazil's chief trade negotiator for the Doha Round
Doha Round and represented Brazil in MERCOSUR
MERCOSUR negotiations. In 2008 he was appointed Brazil’s Ambassador in Geneva
Geneva to the United Nations’ international organizations and Permanent Representative to the WTO. Ambassador Azevêdo has been a frequent lecturer on topics related to international economics and has published numerous articles on these issues. Director General of the World Trade Organization[edit] In May 2013 Azevêdo was appointed to succeed Pascal Lamy
Pascal Lamy as the WTO's Director General, with a term beginning 1 September 2013. There were nine nominated candidates for the role,[3] Azevêdo being considered the "insider's candidate" preferred by developing economies.[4] His opponent, Mexican Herminio Blanco, was considered to have been the preferred candidate of richer nations.[3] The Brazilian government pre-empted the official announcement of the WTO and stated that Azevêdo had won by a wide margin.[5] The official announcement from the WTO's three-person committee for selecting the Director-General was published on 8 May 2013, declaring Azevêdo as the emergent consensus candidate from several rounds of consultation. The formal election occurred at the General Council meeting on 14 May.[6] On his watch, the WTO agreed to the Bali Package in December 2013. Personal life[edit] Azevêdo is married to Ambassador Maria Nazareth Farani Azevêdo, a Brazilian career diplomat like himself, current head of the Brazilian permanent mission to the United Nations Offices at Geneva, and has two daughters.[1] References[edit]

^ a b c "Biography: Roberto Azevedo" (PDF). WTO. Retrieved 2013-05-07.  ^ "WTO names Roberto Azevedo as new head". BBC News Online. UK. 7 May 2013. Retrieved 2013-05-07.  ^ a b McClanahan, Paige (8 January 2013). "Ghana gets its claim in early as candidates vie to head WTO". The Guardian. UK. Retrieved 2013-05-08.  ^ McClanahan, Paige (8 May 2013). " Roberto Azevêdo
Roberto Azevêdo to be named new World Trade Organisation chief". The Guardian. UK. Retrieved 2013-05-08.  ^ "Brazil's Azevedo wins race to head WTO". Al Jazeera. 8 May 2013. Retrieved 2013-05-08.  ^ "Troika recommends Carvalho de Azevêdo to be the next WTO Director-General". WTO. 8 May 2013. Retrieved 2013-05-08. 

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Diplomatic posts

Preceded by Pascal Lamy Director-General of the World Trade Organization 2013–present Incumbent

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