Eight people, including Mr. Yu Myung-hee, head of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, and the head of the World Trade Organization's WTO, presented their votes.

According to the WTO Secretariat, as a result of the completion of the nomination for the secretary-general at 6 pm on the 8th of the local time, candidates from 8 countries, including Korea, the United Kingdom, Nigeria, Egypt, Kenya, Mexico, Moldova, and Saudi Arabia, applied.

It was originally expected to be held by South Korean and African candidates until the morning of this day, but it was difficult to predict the results of candidates from European countries just a few hours before the deadline.

This is the third time the WTO secretary-general challenges, and South Korea plans to emphasize its position as a mid-sized country and target the referendum.

The logic is that it can play a neutral role between the United States, China, and Europe where interests are sharp, and it can also act as a mediator between developed and developing countries.

In particular, Myung-hee Yu, the general manager, is an expert who has walked alone for 25 years, and the point that women's leadership has attracted attention from around the world during the recent evolution of the Corona 19 situation can be considered as a target.

He will go to the WTO headquarters next week with government delegations to announce this.

However, Japan's response, which revealed its willingness to be involved in the process of electing the WTO Secretary-General after the Declaration of the U.S. office, seems to be a part to consider.

Among the African candidates against this, Nigeria's coagulation Okonzo-Iwella is the chairman of the World Vaccine Immunization Council.

Oconzo-Iwella has served as Finance Minister and Foreign Minister in Nigeria, and has worked as a World Bank Managing Director.

Along with this, lawyer Hamid Mamdu, an Egyptian diplomat, is also a prime candidate.

He is a former WTO official, and he threw an early vote.

European candidates to represent advanced countries are also difficult.

The British nominee, Liam Fox, served as Minister of International Trade in a cabinet led by former Prime Minister Teresa May.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson admired former Fox Secretary, citing it as "a enthusiast of multilateralism with detailed knowledge of the global trade system."

In addition to the UK, Tudor Ullianovsky, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Moldova, ran in Europe.

In addition, the candidates were also nominated in Central, South America and the Middle East.

In Mexico, high-ranking trade official Jesus Seade was nominated, but analysts say that the current WTO Secretary-General Roberto Azebedo is from Brazil, the same Latin American country.

Earlier, the WTO began working to elect a new chief, as Secretary-General Azevedo announced on May 14 that he would resign after one year in office.

After the nomination process, candidates from each country attend the official WTO general meeting on the 15th to 17th to announce their vision and receive questions from member countries.

After that, the selection process is conducted in such a way that candidate preferences are examined for each member country, leaving candidates with low support, leaving only one.

The final election usually takes six months, but the process is likely to be advanced this time to reduce the leadership gap.

In front of the new Secretary-General, there are challenges to address the resumption of global trade, which has been stopped by the country's blockade pursuant to Corona 19 in the first half of this year, and the reorganization of the Appellate Body acting as the Supreme Court in the WTO.