Bou ‧ tros-Gha ‧ li, Boutros /ˌbuːtrɒs ˈɡɑːli $ -trəʊs-/ BrE AmE
(1922–) an Egyptian politician who was the Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1992 to 1996. He was criticized because many people thought that the UN should have done something to stop the ↑ civil war and ↑ genocide in Rwanda. Boutros-Ghali was the first UN Secretary-General who was not elected for a second time. From 1997 to 2002 he was the Secretary-General of La Francophone, an international organization of French-speaking countries.