Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been appointed as the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation.

The official announcement was made by the global trade body via Twitter on Monday.

The tweet reads:“BREAKING: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala from Nigeria is appointed as the next WTO Director-General. Dr. Okonjo-Iweala makes history as the first woman and the first African to lead the WTO. Her term starts on the 1st of March 2021.”

BREAKING: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala from Nigeria is appointed as the next WTO Director-General.

Dr. Okonjo-Iweala makes history as the first woman and the first African to lead the WTO.

Her term starts on the 1st of March 2021.

More details soon. #WTODG@NOIweala pic.twitter.com/2RJkkfK2Id

— WTO (@wto) February 15, 2021

66-year-oldOkonjo-Iweala, in an earlier statement, said her first priority would be quickly addressing the economic and health consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic and to “implement the policy responses we need to get the global economy going again.”

Het appointment came after new U.S. President Joe Biden endorsed her candidacy, which had been blocked by former President Donald Trump.