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Former Portugal PM next UN secretary-general

Former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres on 5 October 2016 was unanimously selected by the UN Security Council as the next UN Secretary-General.
●    Guterres will succeed Ban Ki-moon on 1 January 2017.
●    The 15-nation Security Council's decision will be sent, following the formal approval, to the 193-member General Assembly for final formal approval.
●    Antonio Manuel de Oliveira Guterres is a Portuguese politician.
●    He served as the 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 December 2015.
●    The Secretary-General of the United Nations is the head of the United Nations Secretariat.
●    The Secretary-General also acts as the de facto spokesperson and leader of the United Nations.
●    Their role is laid out by Chapter XV (Articles 97 to 101) of the United Nations Charter.
●    The Secretary-General was envisioned by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt as a world moderator.

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