World News | Togo Executive to Lead UN Labor Agency, 1st African in Post

Geneva, Mar 25 (AP) The governing body of the UN's labor agency has picked a Togo executive to be the agency's new leader and the first director-general from Africa.

Members of the International Labor Organisation's body, which brings together governments, workers and employers, voted Friday to select Gilbert Houngbo as its next chief.

Also Read | Japan to Ban Luxury Goods Exports to Russia Next Week, Says FM Yoshimasa Hayashi.

Houngbo, the president of the International Fund for Agricultural Development, was chosen from among five candidates to replace outgoing Director-General Guy Ryder, who is completing his second five-year term.

Houngbo is set to take up the top job at the Geneva-based organization on Oct. 1.

Also Read | China Plane Crash Update: Search Teams Find Second Black Box of Boeing 737-800.

Also in the running were Kang Kyung-wha, a former foreign minister of South Korea; Mthunzi Mdwaba of South Africa, a former employers' vice-chairperson of the ILO governing body; former French Labor Minister Muriel Penicaud; and Greg Vines, an ILO deputy director-general from Australia. (AP)

(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)