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Deputy chief defeats boss to become next head of U.N. migration agency

Amy Pope will become the first woman to serve as director general of the International Organization for Migration.

Amy Pope won election to lead the International Organization for Migration
Amy Pope won election to lead the International Organization for Migration (AN/IOM)

GENEVA (AN) — The next head of the International Organization for Migration will be Amy Pope, an American lawyer already serving as the agency's deputy chief in charge of management and reform.

Pope, with the backing of U.S. President Joe Biden, defeated her boss, IOM Director General António Vitorino, a Portuguese lawyer, socialist and veteran politician with the backing of the European Union, during the IOM Council's 6th Special Session, IOM announced on Monday.

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