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mohamed united states africa command led by robert t. moeller at ibn ecowas headquarters in abuja , nigeria , 28 november 2007 chambas . receives a diplomatic delegation from the abuja , nigeria sir john kaputin 2 -lrb- daughter , son -rrb- islam 300px ghanaian national democratic congress 8th group of states 1stpresident of the ecowas commission secretary-general of the african , caribbean and pacific 7 december 1950 1 march 2010 2007 khadija ibn chambas mohammed ibn chambas greets us officials 2007.jpeg mohamed ibn chambas
 2010 mohamed ibn chambas lawyer , lecturer , school administrator university -lrb- m.a. 1977 , phd 1980 -rrb- case western reserve of university -lrb- j. d. 1984 -rrb- ghana -lrb- b.a. 1973 -rrb- cornell university
mohamed ibn chambas

mohamed ibn chambas -lrb- born 7 december 1950 in ghana -rrb- is a lawyer , diplomat , politician and academic from ghana .
in 2002 he became the executive secretary of the economic community of west african states -lrb- ecowas -rrb- .
in 2007 , he was appointed the group 's first president by the governments of its member states , serving a four-year term .
mohamed ibn chambas was appointed secretary general of the acp group on 16 november 2009 .
