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Boutros Boutros-Ghali

1922 - 2016

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Boutros Boutros-Ghali (14 November 1922 – 16 February 2016) was an Egyptian politician and diplomat who served as the sixth Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1992 to 1996. Prior to his appointment as secretary-general, Boutros-Ghali was the acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt between 1977 and 1979. He oversaw the United Nations over a period coinciding with several world crises, including the breakup of Yugoslavia and the Rwandan genocide. Born to a Coptic Christian family in Cairo, Boutros-Ghali was an academic by training and taught international law and international relations at Cairo University from 1949 to 1979. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Boutros Boutros-Ghali is the 8th most popular diplomat (down from 7th in 2019), the 51st most popular biography from Egypt (up from 54th in 2019) and the most popular Egyptian Diplomat.

Boutros Boutros-Ghali was the sixth Secretary-General of the United Nations. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2001.

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Among DIPLOMATS

Among diplomats, Boutros Boutros-Ghali ranks 8 out of 90. Before him are Kofi Annan, Dag Hammarskjöld, Gaius Marius, Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, John Jay, and Ban Ki-moon. After him are Alexandra Kollontai, John R. Bolton, Raoul Wallenberg, Antony Blinken, Ferdinand de Lesseps, and Adlai Stevenson II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Boutros Boutros-Ghali ranks 12. Before him are Judy Garland, Stan Lee, Hiroo Onoda, Norodom Sihanouk, Franjo Tuđman, and Thomas Kuhn. After him are Emil Zátopek, Aage Bohr, Pierre Cardin, Ava Gardner, Erich Hartmann, and Gérard Philipe. Among people deceased in 2016, Boutros Boutros-Ghali ranks 17. Before him are Debbie Reynolds, Alan Rickman, Zaha Hadid, Imre Kertész, Islam Karimov, and Dario Fo. After him are Cesare Maldini, Pierre Boulez, George Michael, Nancy Reagan, Andrzej Wajda, and Carlos Alberto Torres.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Boutros Boutros-Ghali ranks 51 out of 642. Before him are Horemheb (-1319), Ramesses I (-1300), Ankhesenamun (-1347), Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator (-62), Cyril of Alexandria (376), and Smenkhkare (-1400). After him are Philo (-15), Ahmose I (-1560), Sneferu (-2700), Thutmose I (-1600), Pope Alexander I of Alexandria (250), and Eli Cohen (1924).

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Among DIPLOMATS In Egypt

Among diplomats born in Egypt, Boutros Boutros-Ghali ranks 1. After him are Mohamed ElBaradei (1942), and Amr Moussa (1936).

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