Word: chidzero
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...post-cold war era and regarded Ghali, 69, as too old. To the surprise of Security Council members, his victory came on the first official ballot. The last straw poll had given the edge to the leading black African candidate, Zimbabwean Finance Minister Bernard Chidzero. But on the first tally, 11 members selected Ghali and none of the five permanent members of the Security Council vetoed him. Among the other candidates, including Chidzero and early favorite Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, a veteran U.N. figure who had his eye on the job for 20 years, no one had enough votes...
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