António Guterres
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António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres GCC GCL (/ɡʊˈtɛrəs/, European Portuguese: [ɐ̃ˈtɔnju ɣuˈtɛʁɨʃ]; born 30 April 1949)[1] 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.
António Guterres | |
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 Guterres in 2023 | |
| Secretary-General of the United Nations | |
| Assumed office 1 January 2017 | |
| Deputy | Amina Mohammed |
| Preceded by | Ban Ki-moon |
| United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | |
| In office 15 June 2005 – 31 December 2015 | |
| Secretary-General |
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| Preceded by | Ruud Lubbers |
| Succeeded by | Filippo Grandi |
| Prime Minister of Portugal | |
| In office 28 October 1995 – 6 April 2002 | |
| President | |
| Preceded by | Aníbal Cavaco Silva |
| Succeeded by | José Manuel Barroso |
| President of the Socialist International | |
| In office 10 November 1999 – 15 June 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Pierre Mauroy |
| Succeeded by | George Papandreou |
| Secretary-General of the Socialist Party | |
| In office 23 February 1992 – 21 January 2002 | |
| President | António de Almeida Santos |
| Preceded by | Jorge Sampaio |
| Succeeded by | Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues |
| Leader of the Opposition | |
| In office 23 February 1992 – 28 October 1995 | |
| Prime Minister | Aníbal Cavaco Silva |
| Preceded by | Jorge Sampaio |
| Succeeded by | Fernando Nogueira |
| Member of the Assembly of the Republic | |
| In office 3 June 1976 – 4 April 2002 | |
| Constituency | Castelo Branco |
| Personal details | |
| Born | António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres (1949-04-30) 30 April 1949 (age 74) Parede, Cascais, Portugal |
| Political party | Socialist |
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| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon |
| Signature |  |
| Website | Official website |
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.[2][3]
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.[4] 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.