Following an organisational restructuring, career diplomat Charlene Phoenix has been named the new administrative head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, while five overseas mission heads are to be replaced.
Phoenix, 49, holds the position of Permanent Secretary which will replace the designation of Director General, the ministry announced yesterday.
Having joined the ministry in 1996, Phoenix has served as the Director of the Department of the Americas since 2016 and as Guyana’s Ambassador to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) since November of 2017.
