António Guterres was born on 30 April 1949 in Lisbon. A Portuguese politician and diplomat, Guterres trained as an engineer and entered politics after the Carnation Revolution of 1974. As leader of the Socialist Party he served as prime minister of Portugal from 1995 to 2002. He then chaired the Socialist International and from 2005 to 2015 served as the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, dealing with crises in Iraq, Syria and elsewhere. He became Secretary-General of the United Nations in January 2017, the ninth person to hold the post, and was re-appointed for a second term beginning in 2022. He has made climate change, conflict prevention and reform of the organization central themes of his tenure.
Before and after
- 4 April 1949Founding of NATO
- 8 April 1949Establishment of Plitvice Lakes National Park
- 15 April 1949Birth of Alla Pugacheva
- 28 April 1949London Declaration
- 30 April 1949Birth of António Guterres
- 1 May 1949Discovery of Nereid
- 5 May 1949Founding of Council of Europe
- 5 May 1949Founding of Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
- 16 May 1949Founding of Tokyo Stock Exchange
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The era
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