UN General Assembly elects Bangladesh’s Rahman as next president

Key points

• In the secret ballot, Mr. Rahman secured 99 votes to Mr. Kakouris’s 91. A total of 190 ballots were cast, with no invalid votes or abstentions.
• The presidency rotates among the UN’s five regional groups, and the 81st session falls to the Asia-Pacific group.
• Mr. Rahman will serve a one-year term starting on 8 September.
• Tweet URL His presidency will coincide with one of the most consequential processes on the UN calendar: the selection of Secretary-General António Guterres’s successor, whose term ends on 31 December 2026. Rahman brings more than four decades of diplomatic and multilateral experience to the role.
• Bangladesh’s Foreign Minister since February, he previously served as Security Adviser and High Representative on the Rohingya Issue.