Former EU Commissioner and PASOK minister Anna Diamantopoulou announced on Monday she was withdrawing her candidacy in the race to become the next head of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Diamantopoulou was one of three candidates left in the race.
She posted on her Twitter account:
I decided to withdraw my bid to be SG of the #OECD, in an effort to facilitate consensus in the selection process. Grateful to @PrimeministerGR for his constant trust & endorsement. Grateful, also, to member-countries, whose support placed my candidacy at the third top place.
— Anna Diamantopoulou (@adiamantopoulou) March 1, 2021
Now the race is between former EU Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom (Sweden) and former finance Minister Mathias Cormann (Australia).
