António Guterres

António Guterres

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1949-04-30 (75 years old)

Biography

António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres (, European Portuguese: [ɐ̃ˈtɔnju ɣuˈtɛʁɨʃ]; born 30 April 1949) is a Portuguese politician and diplomat. Since 2017, he has served as secretary-general of the United Nations, the ninth person to hold this title. A member of the Portuguese Socialist Party, Guterres served as prime minister of Portugal from 1995 to 2002.

Guterres served as secretary-general of the Socialist Party from 1992 to 2002. He was elected prime minister in 1995 and announced his resignation in 2002, after his party was defeated in the 2001 Portuguese local elections. After six years governing without an absolute majority and with a poor economy, the Socialist Party did worse than expected because of losses in Lisbon and Porto, where polls indicated they had a solid lead. Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues assumed the Socialist Party leadership in January 2002, but Guterres would remain as prime minister until the general election was lost to the Social Democratic Party, led by José Manuel Barroso. Despite this defeat, polling of the Portuguese public in both 2012 and 2014 ranked Guterres the best prime minister of the previous 30 years.He served as president of the Socialist International from 1999 to 2005, and was the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from 2005 to 2015. Guterres was elected secretary-general in October 2016, succeeding Ban Ki-moon at the beginning of the following year and becoming the first European to hold this office since Kurt Waldheim in 1981.

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Known For
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1949-04-30 (75 years old)

Birth Name
António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres

Birth Place
Lisbon, Portugal

Religion
Catholic Church

Height

Relationships
Luísa Amélia Guimarães e Melo (1972-01-01 - 1998-01-28)

Spouse
Catarina Marques de Almeida Vaz Pinto

Father
Virgílio Dias Guterres

Mother
Ilda Cândida de Oliveira

Citizenships
Portugal

Also Known As
António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres, 안토니오 구테헤스

Awards
Medal of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, Grand Cross of the Order of Liberty, Grand Cross of the Military Order of Christ, Knight of the Order of Merit, Order of Amilcar Cabral, Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 1st class, Grand Cross of the Order of the Southern Cross, Grand Cross of the Order of Honour, Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III, Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland, Collar of the Order of Isabella the Catholic, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit, Order of the Rising Sun, 1st class, Order of Merit of Niger, Order of the Republic (Tunisia), Order of Honour, Freedom Award, Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, Order of the Star of Romania, Order of Isabella the Catholic, Order of Christ, Order of the Rising Sun, Order of Charles III, Order of Liberty, National Order of Merit, Charlemagne Prize, Order of Merit, Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland, Order of the Aztec Eagle, Order of the Southern Cross, Order of Leopold

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