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Guterres appointed next UN chief
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Portugal\'s former Prime Minister Antonio Guterres was appointed as the next Secretary-General of the United Nations by the General Assembly.
United Nations: Portugal's former Prime Minister Antonio Guterres was appointed as the next Secretary-General of the United Nations by the General Assembly.
The 193-member states of the powerful General Assembly adopted the resolution by acclamation, appointing 67-year-old Guterres as the 9th UN Secretary-General to take over from Ban Ki-moon, whose tenure will end on December 31.
Guterres, who was Prime Minister of Portugal from 1995 to 2002, and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees from June 2005 to December 2015, will assume his new role on January 1, 2017 for a five-year term that can be renewed by Member States for an additional five years.
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