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Suriname’s 67-year old foreign minister Albert Ramdin was elected the secretary general for the Organization of American States for the term 2025-2030 during the 56th Special Session of the General Assembly of the OAS on Monday, 10 March 2025. He succeeds Luis Almagro, who was first elected as OAS Secretary General in 2015 and re-elected in 2020 and whose term ends on 25 May 2025.
The US Departmehnt of State issued a note congratulating Ramdin for his election. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated:
“I look forward to working with Secretary General-elect Ramdin to uphold the OAS’s core mission of defending democracy, promoting and protecting human rights, as well as advancing security and economic prosperity throughout our hemisphere.
“We are committed to strengthening alliances with democratic partners to confront shared regional...
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