{"id":342114,"date":"2017-01-30T23:11:13","date_gmt":"2017-01-30T23:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/01\/30\/ambassador-quartey-is-new-au-commission-deputy-chair\/"},"modified":"2017-01-30T23:11:13","modified_gmt":"2017-01-30T23:11:13","slug":"ambassador-quartey-is-new-au-commission-deputy-chair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/01\/30\/ambassador-quartey-is-new-au-commission-deputy-chair\/","title":{"rendered":"Ambassador Quartey is new AU Commission Deputy Chair"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Monday, 30 January 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>classfmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-01-30<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/79309168.295.jpg\" alt=\"Ambassador Kwesi Quartey\" title=\"Ambassador Kwesi Quartey\" width=\"295\" height=\"141\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Ambassador Kwesi Quartey is former Secretary to ex-President John Mahama<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=146252114537294\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=146252114537294\"><br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/1485817873_274_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Ambassador Kwesi Quartey, former Secretary to ex-President John Mahama, has been picked to serve as Deputy Chairperson of the AU Commission.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Quartey\u2019s diplomatic career spans over 30 years of service in various capacities in Ghana\u2019s embassies and high commissions in Cotonou, Cairo, Brussels, Havana, London, and the Ghana Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Chadian Foreign Minister Moussa Faki Mahamat becomes new Chairperson of the AU Commission. He succeeds South Africa&#8217;s Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Quartey previously served as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration under the National Democratic Congress (NDC).<\/p>\n<p>He is expected to drive Agenda 2063 of the AU for sustainable development of Africa after being given the mandate at the 28th Summit of Heads of State and Government currently ongoing at the African Union (AU) Headquarters, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 48 updated by: 1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Monday, 30 January 2017 Source: classfmonline.com 2017-01-30 Ambassador Kwesi Quartey is former Secretary to ex-President John Mahama Ambassador Kwesi Quartey, former Secretary to ex-President John Mahama, has been picked to serve as Deputy Chairperson of the AU Commission. 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