Who is Ivonne Baki, the Lebanese-Ecuadorian who could head the UN?

Ivonne Leila Juez Abuchacra de Baki — an Ecuadorian diplomat of Lebanese origin — is emerging as a serious contender to succeed António Guterres as U.N. secretary-general, with reported backing from U.S. President Donald Trump.Born in 1951 in Guayaquil to Lebanese parents, she is reportedly originally from Btater in the Aley district, according to online information. Married to Lebanese billionaire Sami Baki, and a mother of three, she speaks fluent English, Spanish, French, German and Arabic. The U.N. in the region Security Council members' Beirut visit: Monopoly of weapons, post-UNIFIL and cooperation with Damascus She began her diplomatic career in 1981 as honorary consul of Ecuador in Beirut. From 2017 to 2020, she served as ambassador to Qatar and non-resident ambassador to Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Jordan, Oman and Syria. She...