Rebeca Grynspan seen as continuity candidate with tacit support from current secretary general, António Guterres A Costa Rican diplomat and former vice-president whose parents were refugees from the Holocaust has become the surprise frontrunner to lead the United Nations as its first female secre...
Source: [Guardian World](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/09/costa-rican-diplomat-rebeca-grynspan-contender-first-female-head-of-un)