Director-General of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

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 4 Director-Generals until the WTO was formed in 1995. Peter Sutherland was the last Director-General of GATT, and the first of the WTO.

NameTook officeLeft officeCountry1Eric Wyndham White19486 May 1968United Kingdom2Olivier Long6 May 19681 October 1980Switzerland3Arthur Dunkel1 October 19801 July 1993Switzerland4Peter Sutherland1 July 19931 May 1995 (WTO)Ireland See also Director-General of the World Trade Organization References