President Akufo-Addo in a tweet on Monday [January 30, 2017] congratulated and wished Mr. Quartey the best in his new role.<\/p>\n
Guinean President, Alpha Conde, has also been appointed the new chairperson of the African Union (AU).<\/p>\n 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 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 The opening of the 2-day session saw the presence of UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas. Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo and other African leaders are attending the event.<\/p>\n \u2018About Amb. Kwasi Quartey\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n 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 He held several diplomatic appointments including Director of\u00a0Passports from 2004 to 2006, and deputy high commissioner to the U.K<\/p>\n Being a bilingual, he was appointed as the Secretary for Ex-President John Mahama in 2015.<\/p>\n He is a senior advocate in the Superior Court of Ghana, and is married to Audrey Quartey with four daughters.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Jonas Nyabor\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana![\"tweet\"](\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Tweet.jpg\")
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