Boutros Boutros-Ghali Politician

Boutros Boutros-Ghali (بطرس بطرس غالى Buṭrus Buṭrus Ghālī , Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [ˈbotɾos ˈɣæːli]; born 14 November 1922) is an Egyptian politician and diplomat who was the sixth Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) from January 1992 to December 1996. An academic and former Vice Foreign Minister of Egypt, Boutros Boutros-Ghali oversaw the UN at a time when it dealt with several world crises, including the break-up of Yugoslavia and the Rwandan Genocide. He was then the first Secretary-General of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie from November 1997 to December 2002.

Personal facts

Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Birth dateNovember 14, 1922
Birth place
Cairo , Kingdom of Egypt
Education
Pantheon-Sorbonne University
Cairo University
Sciences Po

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Office holder

office
(Acting)
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Secretary-General of the United Nations
Secretary General of La Francophonie
party
Independent (politician)
National Democratic Party (Egypt)
prime minister
Mamdouh Salem
successor

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External resources

  1. http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/4673.htm
  2. http://www.memritv.org/clip_transcript/en/4673.htm