JACK McConnell has a new job as British High Commissioner to Malawi.
The ex-First Minister won't take up the post until 2011, as he plans to stay MSP for Motherwell and Wishaw until the next election. The job will make him Britain's official envoy in the poverty stricken African country.
He will move into a plush colonial-style bungalow in a fenced-off diplomatic enclave of the capital, Lilongwe, with 40 staff, including Foreign Office officials and local servants and gardeners.
McConnell - who as First Minister restored historic links between Scotland and Malawi - said the chance was "very special" and "a real opportunity to enhance the relationship between Scotland and Malawi".
He added: "It is time for the rest of my life to begin."
Thursday, 16 August 2007
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