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António Guterres Picked to Succeed Ban Ki-moon as U.N. Secretary-General

HeadlineOct 06, 2016

And the United Nations Security Council has announced it’s chosen António Guterres to succeed Ban Ki-moon as U.N. secretary-general. António Guterres is from Portugal. He led the U.N. refugee agency for a decade. The Security Council will formally vote on his election today, and then he’ll face a full General Assembly election as early as next week.

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