Chile on Tuesday put forward its former president Michelle Bachelet as a candidate to replace UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, whose term ends next year. Addressing the UN General Assembly, Chilean President Gabriel Borick said Bachelet, 73, was the perfect choice. A pediatrician by profession, Bachelet served as Chile’s only woman president twice — from 2006 to 2010, and again from 2014 to 2018.
A member of Chile’s socialist party, she has also served as the executive director of UN Women and as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.”Bachelet is not only a widely known and respected figure on the global stage, she is a woman with a biography deeply coherent with the values that inspire this organization,” said Boric. The UN has never been led by a woman in its 80-year history, and has had only one secretary general from Latin America to date: Peruvian Javier Perez de Cuellar, who served from 1982 to 1991.
Wed, 24 Sep 2025 00:02:59 GMT