Boutros Boutros-Ghali (Egypt) Term of Office: 1992-1996

Boutros Boutros-Ghali became the sixth Secretary-General of the United Nations on 1 January 1992 when he began a five-year term. At the time of his appointment by the General Assembly, Mr. Boutros-Ghali had been Deputy Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs of Egypt since May 1991 and had served as Minister of State for Foreign Affairs from October 1977 until 1991.

Mr. Boutros-Ghali had a long association with international affairs as a diplomat, jurist, scholar, and widely published author. He became a member of the Egyptian Parliament in 1987 and was part of the secretariat of the National Democratic Party from 1980. Until assuming the office of Secretary-General of the United Nations, he was also Vice-President of the Socialist International. 

Mr. Boutros-Ghali was born in Cairo, Egypt, on 14 November 1922 and died on 16 February 2016 at the age of 93. He was married to Leia Maria Boutros-Ghali.