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Moroccan diplomat named as new Secretary General of Union for the Mediterranean

26-05-2011

Moroccan diplomat Youssef Amrani has been appointed as the new Secretary General of the Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), a position vacant since the resignation in January of Jordanian Ahmed Massa'deh.
 
A press release said the decision was made by consensus in line with the statutes of the institution. Mr. Amrani is expected to take office on 1 July 2011.
 
Mr. Amrani was born in 1953 in the Moroccan city of Tangier. He is the current Secretary General of the Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation. In his diplomatic career, he has been Consul in Barcelona from 1992 until 1996 and Ambassador to Colombia, Chile and Mexico. The new Secretary General of the UfM Secretariat has participated actively in the creation of the Arab Maghreb Union. (ENPI Info Centre)
 
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