His storied surname sits lightly on Youssef Boutros-Ghali's shoulders. "People recognize it, and my family is used to that because we've been in politics and government since the 1800s," says Egypt's urbane Finance Minister. The family name acquired international renown in 1991, when his uncle was elected Secretary-General of the United Nations. Then came ignominy. Denounced as divisive and incompetent by the U.S. and other Western nations, Boutros Boutros-Ghali became the first Secretary-General not to be re-elected for a second term.
Last fall, some of those same Western nations helped elect Youssef chairman of the International Monetary Fund's...
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