Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann

Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann
Brockmann in 2010
President of the United Nations General Assembly
In office
September 16, 2008 – September 2009
Preceded bySrgjan Asan Kerim
Succeeded byAli Abdussalam Treki
Ambassador of Libyan Arab Jamahiriya to the United Nations
In office
29 March 2011 – 20 October 2011
Preceded byAbdel Rahman Shalgham
Succeeded byPost Abolished
Foreign Minister of Nicaragua
In office
19 July 1979 – 25 April 1990
Preceded byHarry Bodán Shields
Succeeded byEnrique Dreyfus
Personal details
Born(1933-02-05)February 5, 1933
Los Angeles, California,
United States
DiedJune 8, 2017(2017-06-08) (aged 84)
Managua, Nicaragua
NationalityNicaragua

Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann M.M. (February 5, 1933 – June 8, 2017) was an American-born Nicaraguan diplomat, politician and Catholic priest of the Maryknoll Missionary Society. As the President of the United Nations General Assembly from September 2008 to September 2009, he presided over the 63rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly.[1][2] He was also nominated as Libyan Representative to the UN in March 2011.[3][4] He died on 8 June 2017, having suffered a stroke several months earlier.[5][6]

  1. ^ "General Assembly Elects, by Acclamation, President for Sixty-Third Session", United Nations General Assembly official website
  2. ^ "Nicaraguan elected to head next session of General Assembly", United Nations General Assembly official website
  3. ^ Bilefsky, Dan (March 30, 2011). "Ex-Nicaraguan Official to Represent Libya at United Nations". The New York Times.
  4. ^ "Nicaraguan U.S. critic made U.N. assembly president", Reuters, June 4, 2008.
  5. ^ "Nicaragua: ex-diplomat Miguel D'Escoto Brockmann dies at 84". ABC News. June 8, 2017.
  6. ^ "Muere el excanciller y sacerdote Miguel D'Escoto Brockmann" (in Spanish). La Prensa. June 8, 2017.