Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann

The Reverend Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann M.M.
Brockmann in 2010
President of the United Nations General Assembly
In office September 16, 2008 – September 2009
Preceded by	Srgjan Asan Kerim
Succeeded by	Ali Abdussalam Treki
Ambassador of Libyan Arab Jamahiriya to the United Nations
In office 29 March 2011 – 20 October 2011
Preceded by	Abdel Rahman Shalgham
Succeeded by	Post Abolished
Foreign Minister of Nicaragua
In office 19 July 1979 – 25 April 1990
Preceded by	Harry Bodán Shields
Succeeded by	Enrique Dreyfus
Personal details
Born	(1933-02-05)February 5, 1933 Los Angeles, California, United States
Died	June 8, 2017(2017-06-08) (aged 84) Managua, Nicaragua
Nationality	Nicaragua

Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann M.M. (February 5, 1933 – June 8, 2017) was an American-born Nicaraguan diplomat, politician and Catholic priest of the Maryknoll Missionary Society. As the President of the United Nations General Assembly from September 2008 to September 2009, he presided over the 63rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly.^[1][2] He was also nominated as Libyan Representative to the UN in March 2011.^[3][4] He died on 8 June 2017, having suffered a stroke several months earlier.^[5][6]