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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.

[change] Secretaries-General

Photo Secretary-General Dates in office Country of origin Remarks Ref
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		 [8]

[change] References

  1. ↑ Trygve Lie. United Nations. Retrieved on 20 February 2008.
  2. ↑ Dag Hammarskjold. United Nations. Retrieved on 20 February 2008.
  3. ↑ U Thant. United Nations. Retrieved on 20 February 2008.
  4. ↑ Kurt Waldheim. United Nations. Retrieved on 20 February 2008.
  5. ↑ Javier Pérez de Cuéllar. United Nations. Retrieved on 20 February 2008.
  6. ↑ Boutros Boutros-Ghali. United Nations. Retrieved on 20 February 2008.
  7. ↑ Kofi Annan. United Nations. Retrieved on 20 February 2008.
  8. ↑ Ban Ki-moon. United Nations. Retrieved on 20 February 2008.

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