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 Kofi Annan.

[edit] Secretaries-General

# Photo Secretary-General Dates in office Country of origin Remarks References
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]
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