Maria Fernanda Espinosa had been elected President of the $73$ rd United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). She is foreign minister of which country? [June 2018]

Ecuador

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The correct option is C Ecuador
Ecuadorean foreign minister Maria Fernanda Espinosa has been elected President of the 73rd United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), a mainly ceremonial title that nonetheless carries a high profile and important procedural functions. Espinosa defeated Ambassador Mary Elizabeth Flores Flake of Honduras by 128 votes to 62, with two abstentions. Espinosa will become the fourth woman ever to hold the UNGA presidency and the first since Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa, from Bahrain, in 2006-2007.

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Maria Fernanda Espinosa had been elected President of the 73rd United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). She is foreign minister of which country? [June 2018]

Maria Fernanda Espinosa had been elected President of the $73$ rd United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). She is foreign minister of which country? [June 2018]