Secretary-General of the United Nations | |
Predecessor | João Santana Freitas |
Successor | Isidro Méndez |
Deputy | Slava Yakovlev |
Born | 9 April 1939 Beirut, French Mandate of Syria |
Azmi Saif-al-Din Tawfeek (Arabic: سيف الدين عزمي توفيق Azmi Saif al-Din Tawfiq) is a Lebanese politician, labour leader, government official and author. He served as Lebanese Foreign Minister during from 1975 to 1981, during the Lebanese Civil War. From 1998 to 2006 he was Secretary-General of the United Nations. Tawfeek earned a reputation as a pragmatic, determined politician.