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António Guterres

Secretary-General of the United Nations since 2017 · Portugal · Politicians · Born 1949 · age 77 · also East Timor

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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.

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A life in dates

2025Atatürk International Peace PrizeAward2023Collar of the Order of Charles IIIAward2021Zayed Award for Human FraternityAward2020“I have called for an immediate global ceasefire in all corners of the world...”In their words25 March 2020Twitter, (25 March 2020)

2019“When climate change is running faster than we are, everything must be done to defeat climate change.”In their wordsSaid in a visit to Nigeria in 2019. Recorded in an Instagram post on UN Environment

Charlemagne PrizeAward2018“Climate change is the defining issue of our time - and we are at a defining moment. We face a direct existential threat.”In their words10 September 2018António Guterres, "Secretary-General's remarks on Climate Change", 10 September 2018.

2017“The greatest shortcoming of the international community today is its failure to prevent conflict and maintain global security.”In their words20 February 2017Quoted in 10 Things You Didn't Know About António Guterres, by Deidre McPhillips, U.S. News and World Report, (20 Feb. 2017)

“When I was growing up reading history books as a young student, it seemed all wars had a winner. Yet in today's wars, it is increasingly clear that no one wins. Everyone loses.”In their words9 January 2017U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres: My Vision for Revitalizing the United Nations, Newsweek (9 January 2017)

Order of Friendship of KyrgyzstanAwardUnited Nations Secretary-GeneralOffice2016Grand Cross of the Order of LibertyAward2015“We can't deter people fleeing for their lives. They will come. The choice we have is how well we manage their arrival, and how humanely.”In their words23 April 2015"U.N. Refugee Chief: Europe’s Response to Mediterranean Crisis Is ‘Lagging Far Behind’", Time (23 April 2015)

2007Freedom AwardAward2005United Nations High Commissioner for RefugeesOffice2005-20152002Collar of the Order of Isabella the CatholicAwardGrand Cross of the Military Order of ChristAward2000Grand Cross of the Order of Charles IIIAwardPresident-in-Office of the European CouncilOffice1999President of the Socialist InternationalOffice1999-20051995Prime Minister of PortugalOffice1995-20021992General Secretary of the Socialist Party (Portugal)Office1992-20021976Member of the Assembly of the RepublicOffice1976-19801949Born30 April 1949

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In their own words 10

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10 statements, newest first

  1. The transatlantic slave trade is one of the biggest crimes in the history of humankind. And we continue to live in its shadow.

    Mar 25, 2020, Twitter, (25 March 2020), Own words

  2. I have called for an immediate global ceasefire in all corners of the world...

    Mar 25, 2020, Twitter, (25 March 2020), Own words

  3. When climate change is running faster than we are, everything must be done to defeat climate change.

    2019, Said in a visit to Nigeria in 2019. Recorded in an Instagram post on UN Environment, Own words

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Awards

Atatürk International Peace Prize2025
Collar of the Order of Charles III2023
Zayed Award for Human Fraternity2021
Charlemagne Prize2019
Order of Friendship of Kyrgyzstan2017
Grand Cross of the Order of Liberty2016
Freedom Award2007
Collar of the Order of Isabella the Catholic2002
Grand Cross of the Military Order of Christ2002
Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III2000
Order of the Star of Romania
Order of the Republic
Grand Cross of the Order of the Southern Cross
Knight of the Order of Merit
Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit
Grand Cross of the Order of Honour
Order of the Aztec Eagle
Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland
Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 1st class
Order of the Rising Sun, 1st class
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
Order of Christ
Order of Liberty
Order of Honour
Order of Leopold
Order of Amilcar Cabral
Order of Merit
National Order of Merit
Order of Merit of Niger
Medal of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay
Order of Friendship

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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 cascading displacement. Elected UN secretary-general in October 2016, he became the first European in the role since 1981, inheriting a brief defined by climate breakdown, entrenched conflicts, and the limits of multilateral power.

Country
Portugal
Category
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
living
Dates
Born 1949 · age 77

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Heydar AliyevBoth received Atatürk International Peace PrizeRichard von WeizsäckerBoth received Atatürk International Peace PrizeKenan EvrenBoth received Atatürk International Peace Prize

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