WASHINGTON, Mar 10, CMC – Albert Ramdin, the 67-year old Foreign Affairs Minister of Suriname has been elected as the new Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS).
Ramdin, elecion by acclamation, followed the withdrawal of Rubén Ramírez, the Foreign Minister of Paraguay. He succeeds Luis Almagro, who was first elected as OAS Secretary General in 2015 and re-elected in 2020.
Ramdin, who becomes the first Caribbean Community (CARICOM) national to be elected to the postion, will serve until 2030.
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