Boutros Boutros-Ghali

Description: (Egyptian Statesman and Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1992 to 1996)

Boutros Boutros-Ghali was an Egyptian statesman, diplomat, scholar and a lawyer, who served the ‘United Nations’ as its 6th Secretary-General. As the UN Secretary-General he strived to re-establish the position of the ‘United Nations’ with regard to international affairs. The ‘United Nations’ dealt with various international issues such as the ‘Rwandan Genocide’, the continuing ‘Angolan Civil War’ and disintegration of Yugoslavia during his tenure. A Ph.D. in international law, Ghali is respected around the world for his remarkable professional stint as a lawyer. He was a professor at ‘Cairo University’ and visited several institutes and universities around the world delivering lectures in international affairs and international law. He served Egypt as its Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and also remained Deputy Prime Minister. He served the ‘Organisation internationale de la Francophonie’ as it’s first Secretary-General. He chaired the board of ‘South Centre’, an intergovernmental organisation that acted as a think tank for developing nations. He was a proponent for the ‘Campaign for the Establishment of a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly’, an endeavour to authorize representation of citizens at the ‘United Nations’. He remained member of the ‘Arab Socialist Union’ party prior to 1978, the ‘National Democratic Party’ from 1978 to 2011 and thereafter an independent politician till 2016.

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Birthday November 14, 1922 (Scorpio)
City Cairo, Egypt
Died on February 16, 2016
Spouse/Ex- Leia Maria Boutros-Ghali
Parents
Relatives Michel Boutros-Ghali, Raouf Boutros-Ghali
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