Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Political Science

Chapter

Contemporary World Politics: International Organisations

Question:

Name the Secretary General of the UN who was the prime minister of Portugal from 1995 to 2002:
1. Antonio Guterres
2. Ban ki-Moon
3. Kurth Waldheim
4. Boutros Buotros Ghali

Options:

1

2

3

4

Correct Answer:

1

Explanation:

António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres, who served as the Prime Minister of Portugal from 1995 to 2002 and later as the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from 2005 to 2015, is currently in his role as the ninth Secretary-General of the United Nations, a position he has held since 2017. Additionally, he also held the position of President of the Socialist International from 1999 to 2005.