Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed Elected New Secretary General of OIC
- Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, a 66-year-old Mauritanian diplomat and former UN official, was elected Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation on August 27, succeeding Hissein Brahim Taha.
- The election took place during the 23rd Extraordinary Session of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, with unanimous support for Ould Cheikh Ahmed.
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Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed elected new secretary general of OIC
JEDDAH — Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed has been elected new secretary general of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). Ahmed, a Mauritanian diplomat and former foreign minister, took the oath of office as secretary general, succeeding Hissein Brahim Taha, in the presence of foreign ministers of the OIC member states. Earlier, the member states of the OIC have elected Ahmed as the new secretary general of the 57-member pan Islamic body during…
Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed elected Secretary-General of OIC
Jeddah: Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, a 66-year-old Mauritanian diplomat and former United Nations official, was elected Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Thursday, August 27, succeeding Hissein Brahim Taha. The election took place during the 23rd Extraordinary Session of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers at the organisation’s headquarters in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The meeting brought together foreign ministers …
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