Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD

The OECD’s 30 member countries appointed Angel Gurría as Secretary-General of the Organisation from 1 June 2006, in succession to Donald J. Johnston.

Angel Gurría in the news

• Angel Gurría is ranked 12th most influential person in business ethics in 2008
  Ethisphere - 31/03/2008
• Cleaning up the world economy
  The Guardian - 31/03/2009
• OECD's Gurria: We must fight protectionism
  Forbes - 09/02/2009
• On the G8's agenda: Angel Gurrí talks about the key issues being discussed at the G8 summit in Italy
  CNBC - 09/07/2009
• More articles

Official visits

• Slovenia (30 June-1 July 2009)
• People's Republic of China (18-21 April 2009)
• People's Republic of China (20-25 March 2009)
• Spain (16-17 February 2009)
• Slovak Republic (9-10 February 2009)
• Finland (19-20 January 2009)
• Turkey (15-16 December 2008)
• European commission - Brussels (12 November 2008)
• El Salvador (27-29 October 2008)
• Australia (3-8 August 2008)
• New Zealand (29-31 July 2008)
• Indonesia (24-26 July 2008)
• South Africa (15 July 2008)
• United Kingdom (30 June - 1 July 2008)
• Portugal (25 June 2008)
• Canada (8-11 June 2008)
• Czech Republic (24-25 April 2008)
• Sweden (22-23 April 2008)
• People's Republic of China (21-26 March 2008)
• Norway (4-6 March 2008)
• Estonia (11-12 February 2008)
• The Netherlands (30-31 January 2008)
• Japan (3-4 December 2007)
• Hungary (15-16 November 2007)
• Chile (6-9 November 2007) 
• Israel (31 October - 4 November 2007)
• India (8-9 October 2007)
• Portugal (2-3 May 2007)
• Slovak Republic (4-5 April 2007)
• Belgium (13-15 March 2007)
• Switzerland (6-7 March 2007)
• Italy (22-24 February 2007)
• Denmark (21-23 January 2007)
• Mexico (28 November - 1 December 2006)
• Spain (27 November 2006)
• Poland (22-25 November 2006)
• Luxembourg (9-10 November 2006)
• Turkey (17-19 October 2006)
• Finland (27 September - 1 October 2006)
• Korea (20-23 September 2006)

Background information:

Selection process and former Secretaries-General

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