Junichi Ihara

Junichi Ihara (伊原 純一, Ihara Jun'ichi) was in 2019 the Chair of the General Council of the World Trade Organization.[1] He was selected on 7 March 2018.[2] Ihara had held the Chair of the WTODSB in 2017.[2]

Jun'ichi Ihara in 2013

Ihara served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Permanent Mission of Japan to the International Organizations in Geneva from November 2015 until his appointment in December 2019 to serve as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to France.[3][4]

References
  1. Sachdeva, Sam (8 March 2019). "The Kiwi leading the fight to fix the WTO". newsroom.
  2. "WTO picks Japan's Ihara as next chair of General Council". THE JAPAN TIMES LTD. 7 March 2018.
  3. "Appointment of Mr. Junichi Ihara, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Permanent Mission of Japan to the International Organizations in Geneva, as Chairperson of the WTO General Council （Statement by Foreign Press Secretary Norio Maruyama）". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. 7 March 2018.
  4. "Relations between Japan and France, an exceptional partnership". FRS. 30 March 2020.
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