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António Guterres
(1949-)

Portuguese Politician, UN High Commissioner for Refugees

birthdate: April 30
birthplace:
Lisbon, Portugal

António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres is a Portuguese politician and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. After a brief academic career as an assistant professor, he became involved in politics in 1972, just before the end of the fascist regime in Portugal. He held a number of political party positions before he was elected Prime Minister from 1996 to 2002. During his time as Prime Minister, he helped raise Portugal's profile in the international community; Portugal hosted the successful Expo'98 and Prime Minister Guterres played a major role in the international effort to resolve the conflict in East Timor and co-chaired the first European - African Summit. While Prime Minister, he also served as the President of the European Council in 2000.

In 1991, António Guterres had founded the Portuguese Refugee Council. Fourteen years later, he was elected by the United Nations General Assembly as the 10th UN High Commissioner for Refugees. The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) is one of the world's most important humanitarian agencies, providing assistance and protection to more than 32 million refugees in over 100 countries. As UNHCR's chief, António Guterres has called for new strategies to tackle 21st Century challenges that are causing refugee crises, and has helped to bring many of these crises to the attention of the global community.


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