Minister of Finance and Coordinating
Minister for the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been listed as one of the 50 greatest leaders in the world by
Fortune Magazine.
Okonjo-Iweala was recognized
alongside others such as Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Pope Francis,
Chinese President Xi Jinping, Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, Bill and
Melinda Gates, Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerburg and Apple CEO Tom Cook.
The minister was described as
“a fearless promoter of sound economic policies.” She was also singled out for
working hard to usher in a decade in which the country’s GDP trebled.
She was named 33rd on the
list. Fortune Magazine’s annual list celebrates men and women who are
transforming lives in all spheres, including government, business and
philanthropy.
In compiling the 2015 list, the magazine explained that it
gathered advice from more than 24 of the world’s best minds.The leaders were judged by
their actions within their professional domains, industries or governance.
Okonjo-Iweala graduated from
Harvard in 1976 and holds a Ph.D in Development Economics from Massachusetts
Institute of Technology (MIT) – 1981.As two-time Finance Minister of Nigeria,
she has helped to lay a solid foundation for the Nigeria economy, which is
currently the biggest in Africa at $510 billion.
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