The former Health Secretary Matt Hancock has been given a role with the United Nations as a special representative.
Posting on Twitter, the ex-minister said the job would focus on helping Africa’s economy recover from Covid.
It comes four months after Mr Hancock resigned from his cabinet post for breaking social distancing guidelines by kissing a colleague.
In a letter posted online by Mr Hancock, Ms Songwe said the “acceleration of vaccines that has led the UK move faster towards economic recovery is one testament to the strengths that you will bring to this role, together with your fiscal and monetary experience”.
The Under Secretary General of the UN, Vera Songwe, praised his “success” in tackling the UK’s pandemic response.
Mr Hancock’s official title will be “UN special representative on financial innovation and climate change for the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa”.
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