Bulgarian Irina Bokova withstood five rounds of voting in Paris, France Tuesday 22 September to become the new director-general of Unesco, the UN agency for education, culture and science, the first woman to do so. She beat out her Egyptian challenger, Culture Minister Farouk Hosni, who was favourite to win at the outset, and supported by French President Nicolas Sarkozy. A career diplomat and mother of two, Bokova has been on the Unesco executive council since 2007. Libération
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News story, GenevaLunch, 22 September 2009.
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Tags: Egypt, Farouk Hosni, Irina Bokova, Nicolas Sarlozy, Paris France, Unesco
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