Posted on 10/05/16
| News Source: Fox News
LISBON, Portugal – Soon after he was elected leader of Portugal's center-left Socialist Party in 1992, Antonio Guterres added a red rose motif to the clenched, raised fist which was the party's traditional symbol.
It was a political re-branding that also captured the softer, kinder image of Guterres. And it paid dividends: after a decade out of power, the Socialists won a 1995 election and went into government with Guterres as their prime minister.
Guterres has now been tapped to succeed Ban Ki-moon as the next U.N. secretary-general. The U.N. Security Council will meet Thursday morning to formally approve Guterres and recommend his candidacy to the 193-member General Assembly, which must give final approval.
Guterres made his name in the 1990s as one of a new European generation of modernizing Socialists that included British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
Guterres was admired for being eloquent, smart and moderate. But over eight years as Portuguese leader, he also became known as a politician who shied away from unpopular decisions and sometimes found it hard to say no. He resigned halfway through his second term, when his party's popularity began to fade.
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