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Feb 16, 2016 · He married an Egyptian Jew, Leia Maria Nadler, who is his only immediate survivor. After obtaining his law degree at Cairo University in 1946, Mr. Boutros-Ghali earned a doctorate in...
Boutros-Ghali's wife, Leia Maria Nadler, was raised in an Egyptian Jewish family in Alexandria and converted to Catholicism as a young woman. [8] [33]
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Boutros-Ghali graduated from Cairo University in 1946. He earned a doctorate in international law from the Sorbonneas well as a diploma in international relations from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (best known simply as Sciences Po) in 1949. His doctoral thesis was a study of regional organizations. The anti-colonialist views of Boutros...
Boutros-Ghali served as Egypt's minister of state for foreign affairs from 1977 until early 1991. In this position, he played a part in the peace agreements between Egyptian president Anwar Sadat and Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin. Boutros-Ghali participated in the Camp David Summit Conference in September of 1978 leading up to the Camp Davi...
Boutros-Ghali began his term in the top post of the United Nations in January 1992. He was a strong supporter of the UN mediating in the post-Cold War discord. During his tenure, there were long and challenging peacekeeping missions in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Somalia and Rwanda. Criticism landed on Boutros-Ghali for the UN's failure to act during t...
From 1997 to 2002 Boutros-Ghali was secretary-general of La Francophonie, an organization of French-speaking nations. From 2003 to 2006, he served as the chairman of the board of the South Centre,an intergovernmental research organization of developing countries. He served as president of the Curatorium Administrative Council at the Hague Academy o...
Boutros-Ghali published two memoirs: 1. Egypt's Road to Jerusalem(1997), about the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty 2. Unvanquished: A U.S.-U.N. Saga(1999), about his time as secretary-general of the UN
Boutros-Ghali was honored by two dozen nations over his career. He was decorated with the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. The World Affairs Council of Boston awarded him the Christian A. Herter Memorial Award in March 1993. The Italy-based Together for Peace Foundation bestowed the "Man of Peace" award on Boutros-Ghali in July 1993. He received ...
Boutros Boutros-Ghali. Egypt's Road to Jerusalem: A Diplomat's Story of the Struggle for Peace in the Middle East. New York: Random House, 1997. ISBN 978-0679452454Boutros Boutros-Ghali and Charles Hill. The Papers of United Nations Secretary-General, Boutros Boutros-Ghali. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2003. ISBN 978-0300098211Burgess, Stephen Franklin. The United Nations Under Boutros Boutros-Ghali, 1992-1997. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2001. ISBN 978-0810837034Feb 16, 2016 · He and his wife, Leia Maria Boutros-Ghali, had no children, Egyptian diplomats said. A generation before violent protests boiled over in Cairo in 2011, Mr. Boutros-Ghali was a keystone of...
Feb 16, 2016 · Boutros Boutros-Ghali, politician: born Cairo, Egypt 14 November 1922; married Maria Leia Nadler; died Cairo 16 February 2016.
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Feb 16, 2016 · Ghali is survived by his wife Leia Maria Ghali Nadler who descends from a very famous Jewish Egyptian family in Alexandria. Her family "Nadler" used to own famous candy factory that was nationalized during the Nasserite era.
Feb 16, 2016 · Boutros-Ghali, who had married an Egyptian Jew Leia Maria, was put in charge of the negotiations. Over the next 15 years he held the posts of minister of state for foreign affairs, deputy...
