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António Guterres
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File:António Guterres 2012.jpg António Guterres in 2012

9th Secretary-General of the United Nations 1 January 2016 - present

Predecessor:

Ban Ki-moon

8th Prime Minister of Portugal 28 October 1995 - 6 April 2002

Predecessor:

Aníbal Cavaco Silva

Successor:

José Manuel Barroso

10th United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 15 June 2005 - 31 October 2015

Predecessor:

Ruud Lubbers

Successor:

Filippo Grandi

Secretary-General of the Socialist Party 23 February 1992 - 20 January 2002

Predecessor:

Jorge Sampaio

Successor:

Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues

Birth:

30 April 1949 Lisbon, Portugal

Spouse:

Catarina Vaz Pinto

Political party:

Socialist Party

Religion:

Roman Catholic

Profession:

Engineer

António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres, GCC (born 30 April 1949) is a Portuguese diplomat and former politician and the ninth and current Secretary-General of the United Nations. Before the election, he was Prime Minister of Portugal from 1995 to 2002. He also served for a time as President of the Socialist International. He served as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from June 2005 to October 2015.