Antonio Manuel de Oliveira Guterres has been officially appointed as the new UN Secretary General on October 13.

Antonio Guterres, politician and former prime minister of Portugal, will succeed Ban Ki-moon on January 1.

Guterres’ political career started when he entered Parliament in 1976. Guterres served as the Prime Minister of Portugal from 1995 to 2002.

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