NEW YORK - Argentine President Mauricio Macri congratulated Ambassador Ronald S. Lauder this week on his election for a third term as World Jewish Congress president. The vote was held during the WJC’s 15th Plenary Assembly in New York, at which the Latin American Jewish Congress also elected its new president, Adrian Werthein.
In a letter of congratulations to Lauder, Macri acknowledged the “excellent work that this prestigious organization has done,” and said that “interaction between our government and the international Jewish institutions is already established and can only grow from now on.”
Adrian Werthein of Argentina was unanimously chosen to succeed Jack Terpins of Brazil, who led the LAJC for 16 years. Terpins has been named the honorary president of the LAJC and is a member of the World Jewish Congress’ steering committee.
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