António Guterres, the former prime minister of Portugal, is in line to be the next leader of the United Nations.
Guterres will take the top job at the global organization in Jan. 2017, according to a UN Security Council recommendation released on Wednesday.
Guterres served as prime minister of Portugal from 1995 to 2002, later acting as the UN high commissioner for refugees from 2005 to 2015. He was largely responsible for early UN efforts in tackling the refugee crisis. He founded the Portuguese Refugee Council in 1991.
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