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Benedicta Lasi becomes 1st African Secretary-General elect of Socialist International

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November 28, 2022
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A lawyer and member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Benedicta Lasi, has been elected Secretary General of the Socialist International, to succeed Luis Ayala from Chile.

This took place in a consequential vote at the ongoing 26th Congress of the Socialist International (2022).

She sets a three-pronged record; as the first woman, first African and youngest person to be elected to lead the 132-member organisation, at age 35.

The Ghanaian would be leading the organisation with the Prime Minister of Spain, Pedro Sanchez, who has been elected to serve as President of the Socialist International.

Delegates from over 100 member parties across the world participated in the election in Madrid, Spain, as part of the 26th Congress of the organisation on Friday November 25, 2022.

Prior to the election, the Prime Minister of Spain, Pedro Sanchez, expressed his confidence in the candidacy of Benedicta Lasi for her portfolio during his address to the Women’s Congress.

Furthermore, Benedicta Lasi joined the Spanish Prime Minister during interactions with members of the Spanish Socialist Workers Party and the Presidium of the International Union of Socialist Youth, where she previously served as Vice President from 2016 – 2021.

With these relations, both leaders have demonstrated their mutual commitment to duty and good prospects of fruitful working relations for the years ahead.

The Socialist International (SI), is a worldwide organisation of political parties, which seeks to establish democratic socialism and realise the ideals of socio-economic solidarity, environmental and sociocultural justice across the world.

It was formed in 1951 to replace the Labour and Socialist International and currently includes 132 member parties and organisations from over 100 countries across the world, which identify with social democracy, socialism, democratic socialism or labour-centred politics.

Benedicta Lasi would be succeeding Luis Ayala from Chile to serve a full four-year term as Secretary General while Pedro Sanchez would succeed former Prime Minister of Greece, George Papandreou as President of the organisation.

Notably, the current Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres served as President of the organisation from November 1999 to June 2005. The SI is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

About Benedicta Lasi

Benedicta Lasi is a Ghanaian lawyer, investment consultant, politician and member of the National Democratic Congress.

She is a partner at Edfields Attorneys, Ghana, a Transaction Advisor for Africa Investment Consortium and a Consultant at Fitch Advisory. She has a Master’s in Economic Policy Management from the University of Ghana and a Master’s in Conflict, Peace and Security from the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre.

Her political track record and service to the NDC includes; Branch Youth Organizer for Kpone-Katamanso Constituency, Constituency Executive Member for Lower Manya Krobo, Deputy Regional Youth Organizer for Eastern Region and Deputy Director of Elections for the Eastern Region of Ghana.

At the National level, she was also a member of the 2020 Vice Presidential Campaign Team and the 2020 Manifesto Committee of the NDC. Currently, she serves as a member of a number of strategic committees of the party including the NDC’s Governance Committee, Agribusiness Committee, Energy Committee and Chairperson for the Youth Committee. As an astute lawyer within the party, she is the Chair of the NDC’s Eastern Regional Legal Team.

Source: The Socialist International
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