{"id":289527,"date":"2017-01-30T16:16:27","date_gmt":"2017-01-30T16:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=289527"},"modified":"2017-01-30T16:16:27","modified_gmt":"2017-01-30T16:16:27","slug":"ghanas-kwasi-quartey-elected-deputy-chair-of-au","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=289527","title":{"rendered":"Ghana\u2019s Kwasi Quartey elected Deputy Chair of AU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ghanaian Diplomat, Thomas Kwasi Quartey, has been appointed as the Deputy Chairman of the African Union (AU).<\/p>\n<p>The former Secretary to Ex-President John Mahama&#8217;s appointment, was elected today [Monday] January 30, 2017, at the opening of the 28<sup>th <\/sup>Ordinary session of the African Union (AU) in Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.<\/p>\n<p>President Akufo-Addo in a tweet on Monday [January 30, 2017] congratulated and wished Mr. Quartey the best in his new role.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/01\/30\/ghanas-kwasi-quartey-elected-deputy-chair-of-au\/tweet-4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-289569\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-289569\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Tweet.jpg\" alt=\"tweet\" width=\"594\" height=\"135\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Guinean President, Alpha Conde, has also been appointed the new chairperson of the African Union (AU).<\/p>\n<p>The new leaders of the African Union (AU) take over from the previous administration headed by Chad president, Idriss Deby, whose term of office has expired.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the heads of state following his election, Mr. Conde pledged to serve the pan-African body with dedication for the traditional one-year revolving term.<\/p>\n<p>The opening of the 2-day session saw the presence of UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas. Ghana&#8217;s President Nana Akufo-Addo and other African leaders are attending the event.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2018About Amb. Kwasi Quartey\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ambassador Kwasi Quartey is a Ghanaian diplomat who joined the foreign service of Ghana in 1977, and rose through the ranks to become the ambassador to Cuba, Belgium, UN, AU and Ethiopia.<\/p>\n<p>He held several diplomatic appointments including Director of\u00a0Passports from 2004 to 2006, and deputy high commissioner to the U.K<\/p>\n<p>Being a bilingual, he was appointed as the Secretary for Ex-President John Mahama in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>He is a senior advocate in the Superior Court of Ghana, and is married to Audrey Quartey with four daughters.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Jonas Nyabor\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jnyabor\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @jnyabor<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghanaian Diplomat, Thomas Kwasi Quartey, has been appointed as the Deputy Chairman of the African Union (AU). The former Secretary to Ex-President John Mahama&#8217;s appointment, was elected today [Monday] January 30, 2017, at the opening of the 28th Ordinary session of the African Union (AU) in Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. 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