Axel Addy
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{{short description|Liberian politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Axel Marcel Addy
|image = Honorable Axel M. Addy 2.jpg
|office = Minister for Commerce and Industry
|term_start = April 2013
|term_end = January 2018
|predecessor = Miatta Beslow
|successor = Wilson Tarpeh{{Cite web |url=https://frontpageafricaonline.com/index.php/news/6932-professor-wilson-tarpeh-takes-over-at-ministry-of-commerce |title=FPA - Professor Wilson Tarpeh Takes over at Ministry of Commerce |access-date=2018-03-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330212026/https://frontpageafricaonline.com/index.php/news/6932-professor-wilson-tarpeh-takes-over-at-ministry-of-commerce |archive-date=2018-03-30 |url-status=dead}}
|office1 = Deputy Minister of Commerce and Industry
|president1 = Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
|term_start1 = August 2012
|term_end1 = April 2013
|predecessor1 =
|successor1 = Stephen Marvie
|office2 = Country Representative (Liberia), Population Services International (PSI)
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|08|28}}
|birth_place = Monrovia, Liberia
|alma_mater = University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
California State University, Long Beach (CSULB)
University of Oxford
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Axel Marcel Addy served as Minister of Commerce and Industry under Ellen Johnson Sirleaf from April 2013 to January 2018. While in office, he focused on investment diversification, agriculture, small and medium businesses, and integration into the world economy. He was Chief Negotiator during Liberia's successful accession to the World Trade Organization.{{cite web|url=https://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFKCN0S10QJ20151007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330080418/https://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFKCN0S10QJ20151007|url-status=dead|archive-date=2018-03-30|title=Rebounding from Ebola, Liberia gets clearance to join WTO|first=Tom|last=Miles|publisher=}}
References
- {{cite news |title=Tourism Push – Liberia Launches National Export Strategy |url=https://frontpageafricaonline.com/news/2016news/tourism-push-liberia-launches-national-export-strategy/ |accessdate=25 July 2018 |agency=Frontpage Africa Online |publisher=Frontpage Africa Online |date=July 28, 2016}}
- {{cite book |last1=Osakwe, Kireyev |first1=Cheidu, Alexei |title=Trade Multilateralism in the Twenty-First Century Building the Upper Floors of the Trading System Through WTO Accessions |date=December 2017 |publisher=Cambridge |location=UK |isbn=9781108421287 |page=207 |url=http://www.cambridge.org/gb/academic/subjects/law/international-trade-law/trade-multilateralism-twenty-first-century-building-upper-floors-trading-system-through-wto-accessions?format=HB |accessdate=25 July 2018}}
- {{cite web |title=4 ways Africa can achieve a manufacturing renaissance |url=https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/07/africa-manufacturing-renaissance |website=weforum.org |publisher=World Economic Forum |accessdate=28 July 2018}}
- {{cite web |last1=Senkpeni |first1=Alpha |title=Liberia's Commerce Minister Axel Addy Outlines Achievements |url=https://frontpageafricaonline.com/news/2016news/liberia-s-commerce-minister-axel-addy-outlines-achievements/ |website=Frontpage Africa Online |date=8 August 2017 |accessdate=25 July 2018}}
- {{cite news |last1=Reiter, Addy |first1=Joakim, Axel |title=The solution to the migrant crisis is jobs in low income countries |url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2016/apr/16/the-solution-to-the-migrant-crisis-is-jobs-in-low-income-countries |accessdate=25 July 2018 |agency=The Guardia |publisher=The Guardian Weekly |date=April 16, 2016}}
- {{cite web |title=DG Azevêdo welcomes Liberia as 163rd WTO member |url=https://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news16_e/acc_lbr_14jul16_e.htm |website=WTO.org |publisher=World Trade Organization |accessdate=25 July 2018}}
- {{cite news |last1=Karmo |first1=Henry |title=Liberian Legislature Concludes Ratification of WTO Protocol |url=https://frontpageafricaonline.com/business/liberian-legislature-concludes-ratification-of-wto-protocol/ |accessdate=25 July 2018 |agency=Frontpage Africa Online |publisher=Frontpage Africa Online |date=June 14, 2016}}
- {{cite news |last1=Mile |first1=Tom |title=Rebounding from Ebola, Liberia gets clearance to join WTO |url=https://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFKCN0S10QJ20151007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330080418/https://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFKCN0S10QJ20151007 |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 30, 2018 |accessdate=25 July 2018 |work=Reuters |publisher=Reuters |date=October 7, 2015}}
- {{cite news |title=Liberia's 'Pulling Together' After Ebola - Commerce Minister |url=https://allafrica.com/view/group/main/main/id/00041854.html |accessdate=25 July 2018 |agency=AllAfrica.com |publisher=AllAfrica.com |date=March 17, 2016}}
- {{cite web |last1=Addy |first1=Axel |title=PSI Impact Magazine: Shaping the Global Agenda, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf |url=http://www.lauraliswood.com/mediapdf/Impact-Magazine-July-1010.pdf |website=Lauraliswood.com |accessdate=25 July 2018}}
- {{cite web |title=LIBERIA (2011): MAP STUDY EVALUATING THE AVAILABILITY OF CONDOMS, HOUSEHOLD WATER TREATMENT PRODUCTS, ANTIMALARIALS, AND CONTRACEPTIVES 1st ROUND |url=https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=hdl:1902.1/21644 |website=Harvard.edu | date=21 September 2014 |publisher=Harvard University |accessdate=25 July 2018}}
- {{cite web |title=Families in Liberia now empowered to make their water safe to drink |url=https://www.unicef.org/wcaro/4501_4963.html |website=UNICEF |accessdate=25 July 2018}}
- {{cite web |title=Axel Addy at a Glance |url=http://myafrica.allafrica.com/view/people/main/id/0D66OiFhysRW3JtC.html |website=AllAfrica.com |accessdate=25 July 2018}}
- {{cite web |title=SmartChoice Program by PSI Liberia |url=https://healthmarketinnovations.org/program/smartchoice-program-psi-liberia |website=Center for Health Market Innovations |accessdate=25 July 2018}}
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Category:Politicians from Monrovia
Category:University of California, Los Angeles alumni
Category:California State University, Long Beach alumni
Category:Alumni of Saïd Business School