United Nations Secretary-General
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The United Nations Secretary-General is one of the most important people in the United Nations. The Secretary-General is important in international talks. The current Secretary-General is Ban Ki-moon.
[edit] Secretaries-General
# | Photo | Secretary-General | Dates in office | Country of origin | Remarks | References |
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Sir Gladwyn Jebb | October 24 1945– February 2 1946 |
United Kingdom (Europe) |
Acting Secretary-General | |||
1 | Trygve Halvdan Lie | February 2 1946 – November 10 1952 |
Norway (Europe) |
Resigned | [1] | |
2 | ![]() |
Dag Hammarskjöld | April 10 1953 – September 18 1961 |
Sweden (Europe) |
Died in a plane crash in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) | [2] |
3 | ![]() |
U Thant | November 30 1961 – December 31 1971 |
Burma (Asia) |
Retired after 2nd term for personal reasons | [3] |
4 | Kurt Waldheim | January 1 1972 – December 31 1981 |
Austria (Europe) |
Chinese veto for his third term | [4] | |
5 | Javier Pérez de Cuéllar | January 1 1982 – December 31 1991 |
Peru (South America) |
Refused a third term | [5] | |
6 | Boutros Boutros-Ghali | January 1 1992 – December 31 1996 |
Egypt (Africa) |
American veto of his second term | [6] | |
7 | ![]() |
Kofi Annan | January 1 1997– December 31 2006 |
Ghana (Africa) |
[7] | |
8 | ![]() |
Ban Ki-moon | January 1 2007– |
South Korea (Asia) |
Secretary General-designate | [8] |