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Australian-born Mathias Cormann takes office as OECD Secretary-General | Abroad

The new Secretary General was not a favorite for the position because he is seen as a climate denier, while the fight against global warming is becoming one of the most important tasks of the OECD. Several environmental organizations expressed their “serious concern” about his candidacy in a letter to the OECD. Greenpeace criticized his “terrible” climate track when he was a minister. Yet he beat the Swedish ex-European Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmström.

Cormann succeeds Angel Gurría, who announced in July last year that he would not run for the position again. The former Mexican foreign minister will have headed the OECD for a total of 15 years.

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