The new UN Secretary General appointed by the Portuguese antónio Guterres.
Thursday, October 13, the new UN Secretary-General officially appointed former Prime Minister of Portugal, antónio Guterres.
A resolution adopted by the UN General Assembly.
Reportedly, Guterres was appointed the administrative head of the United Nations “for a term beginning January 1, 2017 and expiring on 31 December 2021.”
António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres was born in Lisbon in 1949, studied engineering and physics at Higher technical Institute.
After finishing high school in 1971, he began an academic career as senior lecturer.
In 1974, a zealous Catholic Guterres joined the Socialist party and soon decided to devote himself entirely to politics.
In 1995, three years after his election as General Secretary of the socialists, antónio Guterres became Prime Minister of Portugal.
At the head of the government he remained seven years, until 2002.
In 2005, Guterres, fluent in Portuguese, Spanish, English and French, took up the post of the UN high Commissioner for refugees.
According to the BBC, over the years of his leadership the number of officials in the headquarters in Geneva has decreased, the Agency’s ability to react to international crises, sending its employees to the “hot spots”, according to experts, improved.
We will remind, Since 2007 the post of Secretary General of the UN was held by South Korean ban Ki-moon, who attended the meeting together with the Chairman of the 71-GA by Peter Thomson and current President of the Security Council of the UN Vitaly Churkin.
