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António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres is a Portuguese politician and diplomat who is serving as the ninth Secretary-General of the United Nations. Previously, he was the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees between 2005 and 2015.Guterres was the prime minister of Portugal from 1995 to 2002 and was the secretary-general of the Socialist Party from 1992 to 2002. He served as president of the Socialist International from 1999 to 2005.

In both a 2012 and 2014 poll, the Portuguese public ranked him as the best prime minister of the previous 30 years. Wikipedia  

✵ 30. April 1949
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“When climate change is running faster than we are, everything must be done to defeat climate change.”

António Guterres

Said in a visit to Nigeria in 2019. Recorded in an Instagram post https://www.instagram.com/p/Bzxt5h-nYhT/ on UN Environment

“The dramatic problems of today's complex world can only inspire a humble approach.”

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Quoted in "UN General Assembly elects Guterres as secretary-general" http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-un-secretary-general-guterres-20161013-story.html, Chicago Tribune (13 October 2016)

“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.”

António Guterres

"U.N. Refugee Chief: Europe’s Response to Mediterranean Crisis Is ‘Lagging Far Behind’" http://time.com/3833463/unhcr-antonio-guterres-migration-refugees-europe/, Time Magazine (23 April 2015)

“Climate change is the defining issue of our time – and we are at a defining moment. We face a direct existential threat.”

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António Guterres, "Secretary-General's remarks on Climate Change" https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/sg/statement/2018-09-10/secretary-generals-remarks-climate-change-delivered, 10 September 2018.

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