António Guterres

E672

António Guterres is a Portuguese politician and diplomat who has served as the ninth Secretary-General of the United Nations and was formerly Prime Minister of Portugal and UN High Commissioner for Refugees.


Statements (49)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Secretary-General of the United Nations
diplomat
human
politician
almaMater Instituto Superior Técnico
appointedBy General Assembly of the United Nations
awardReceived Charlemagne Prize
Order of Liberty (Portugal)
Order of Prince Henry
birthDate 1949-04-30
birthPlace Lisbon
Portugal
countryOfCitizenship Portugal
familyName Guterres
fieldOfStudy electrical engineering
givenName António
languageSpoken English
French
Portuguese
memberOf Council of State (Portugal)
Socialist Party (Portugal)
name António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres
nationality Portuguese
nominatedBy Security Council of the United Nations
notableFor advocacy for multilateralism and climate action
notableWork Leadership of the United Nations during global crises including the COVID-19 pandemic
numberOfChildren 2
occupation diplomat
electrical engineer
politician
officeEnd Prime Minister of Portugal: 2002-04-06
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees: 2015-12-31
officeStart Prime Minister of Portugal: 1995-10-28
Secretary-General of the United Nations: 2017-01-01
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees: 2005-06-15
politicalParty Socialist Party (Portugal)
positionHeld Leader of the Opposition (Portugal)
President of the Socialist International
Prime Minister of Portugal
Secretary-General of the Portuguese Socialist Party
Secretary-General of the United Nations
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
precededBy Aníbal Cavaco Silva as Prime Minister of Portugal
Ban Ki-moon
religion Roman Catholicism
spouse Catarina de Almeida Vaz Pinto
Luceal Guterres
succeededBy Filippo Grandi as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
José Manuel Barroso as Prime Minister of Portugal


Please wait…