Sinai Project ·
Jewish diplomat and economist Rebeca Grynspan, former Vice President of Costa Rica, is leading the race to replace current UN Secretary-General António Guterres, whose term will end at the close of this year.
According to Reutee eighrs, the 70-year-old Grynspan received 12 votes in favor and only 3 against in thth closed-door straw poll held by the UN Security Council this week. Grynspan currently leads the race, having won seven of the eight informal votes held in recent months. If elected, she would make history twice, becoming both the first woman and the first Jewish person ever to lead the international organization.
Grynspan comes from a family of Holocaust survivors who fled Poland and has deep personal ties to Israel. She previously studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, her sister lives in Israel, and her nephews have served as combat soldiers in the IDF. Following the October 7 attacks, she publicly and unequivocally condemned Hamas’s atrocities and called for the release of the hostages, while maintaining close relationships and working with several Jewish organizations.
No she's not.