Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, the current Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration of Ghana has been selected as the new Secretary-General of the Commonwealth.
Ms. Botchwey 61, fended off challenges from Gambian foreign affairs minister Mamadou Tangara and his Lesotho counterpart Joshua Setipa.
She will replace Patricia Scotland.
Reacting to Botchwey’s ascension to the position, outgoing secretary general wrote: ”It is my honour to pass the baton to my dear sister, the Hon Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, who will succeed me as the next Commonwealth Secretary-General”.
Ms Scotland added: ”She will be uniquely blessed, as I have been, to hold this office and serve our precious Commonwealth”.
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