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António Guterres

Secretary-General of the United Nations since 2017

  • Fame76.9
  • Momentum7.3
  • Portugal rank#7
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  • Fame76.9
  • Momentum7.3
  • Portugal rank#7
  • Politicians rank#216
  • Wikipedia70K
Born 1949 · age 77Portugal
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  • Wikipedia
    110 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Rank in Portugal
    #7
    Politicians
  • Age
    77
    Born 1949
  • Known for
    I Am Greta
    2020
Summary
Updated 2026-06-21

The head of the United Nations since 2017, navigating a world of fractured summits and multiplying crises. Before that: Portugal's prime minister through two terms, then a decade running the UN's refugee agency during some of the largest displacements in modern history.

Biography

About

Born in Lisbon in 1949, António Guterres studied physics and electrical engineering, taught briefly, then pivoted to politics through a Catholic youth group. He led Portugal's Socialist Party from 1992 to 2002 and served as prime minister from 1995 to 2002, winning two elections before resigning after local losses and losing the next general election to José Manuel Barroso. Polls later named him the country's best prime minister in three decades. He chaired the Socialist International, then spent a decade as UN High Commissioner for Refugees from 2005 to 2015, overhauling the agency amid casca…

Voice

In their own words

Sourced, dated quotes from António Guterres

António Guterres
said
The transatlantic slave trade is one of the biggest crimes in the history of humankind. And we continue to live in its shadow.
— Twitter, (25 March 2020)
António Guterres
said
I have called for an immediate global ceasefire in all corners of the world...
— Twitter, (25 March 2020)
António Guterres
said
When climate change is running faster than we are, everything must be done to defeat climate change.
— Said in a visit to Nigeria in 2019. Recorded in an Instagram post on UN Environment
António Guterres
said
Climate change is the defining issue of our time – and we are at a defining moment. We face a direct existential threat.
— António Guterres, "Secretary-General's remarks on Climate Change", 10 September 2018.
António Guterres
said
The greatest shortcoming of the international community today is its failure to prevent conflict and maintain global security.
— Quoted in 10 Things You Didn't Know About António Guterres, by Deidre McPhillips, U.S. News and World Report, (20 Feb. 2017)
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By the numbers

Score breakdown

The six component signals behind the Fame score, and their ranks across the leaderboards.

Fame
Stable
76.9
Composite of search demand, mentions, audience & graph footprint.
Score components
Momentum7.3
Historical26.5
Now attention2.6
Source confidence80.0
Completeness90.0
Global rank
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Country rank
#7
Category rank
#216
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Sources

  • Wikipedia
    wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org
    High confidence
  • Wikidata
    wikidata · wikidata.org
    High confidence
  • Pantheon 2.0
    database · pantheon.world
    High confidence