Boutros Boutros-Ghali lived from 1922 to 2016 and was an Egyptian jurist, academic and diplomat born to a Coptic Christian family in Cairo. He earned a doctorate in international law from the University of Paris in 1949 and taught international law and international relations at Cairo University for thirty years, from 1949 to 1979. He served as acting Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1977 to 1979, helping to negotiate the Camp David Accords and the Egypt Israel peace treaty, and became the sixth Secretary General of the United Nations from 1992 to 1996, later serving as Secretary General of La Francophonie from 1997 to 2002.
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Why did Boutros Boutros-Ghali serve only one term as United Nations Secretary-General?
He was blocked from a second term in 1996 when the United States used its Security Council veto.
Boutros-Ghali served as the sixth Secretary-General from 1992 to 1996. In 1996 he ran unopposed for a second term, but the United States, long dissatisfied with his leadership, denied his bid by exercising its veto in the Security Council.
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Prior to his appointment as secretary-general, Boutros-Ghali was the acting minister of foreign affairs of Egypt between 1977 and 1979.
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Boutros Boutros-Ghali lived from 1922 to 2016 and was an Egyptian jurist, academic and diplomat born to a Coptic Christian family in Cairo.
Introduction
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.
Introduction
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.
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Wikidata Q1257, P569 date of birth claim (year)
P569 (date of birth): 1922
Wikidata Q1257, P569 date of birth claim (full date)
P569 (date of birth): 1922-11-14
Wikidata Q1257, P570 date of death claim (year)
P570 (date of death): 2016
Wikidata Q1257, P570 date of death claim (full date)
P570 (date of death): 2016-02-16
Wikidata Q1257, P19 place of birth claim
P19 (place of birth): Cairo
Wikidata Q1257, P20 place of death claim
P20 (place of death): Giza
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