Argentine president-elect picks U.N. insider as his top diplomat


  • World
  • Wednesday, 25 Nov 2015

U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (L) addresses the audience next to Susana Malcorra, United Nations Chef de Cabinet to the Executive Office, during a session of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) summit in Havana January 28, 2014. REUTERS/Enrique De La Osa

BUENOS AIRES/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Argentine President-elect Mauricio Macri named U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's chief adviser as his future foreign minister, signalling a sharp break from the diplomacy of outgoing leader Cristina Fernandez.

Macri said on Tuesday that Susana Malcorra will be his top foreign representative after his Dec. 10 inauguration.

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