Boutros-Ghali profile

1922: Boutros Boutros-Ghali born in Cairo into influential Coptic Christian family

1946: Graduates in law from Cairo University – goes on to study international relations in Paris and New York

1977: Appointed acting foreign minister under President Anwar al-Sadat. Credited as architect of 1979 Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty

1981: Hosni Mubarak succeeds Sadat – Boutros-Ghali keeps post

1992: First Arab to serve as UN Secretary-General, steering UN through crises in Somalia, Rwanda, Middle East and former Yugoslavia

1996: U.S. vetoes second UN term following frictions with Clinton administration

1998-2002: Secretary general of La Francophonie – organisation of French-speaking nations

2004: President of Egyptian National Council on Human Rights

Feb 16, 2016: Dies at age 93

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