Kofi Annan
April 8, 1938 – August 18, 2018
Ghanaian diplomat who was the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations (1997-2006); Nobel Peace Prize 2001.
Biography
Kofi Annan was a Ghanaian diplomat who was Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006, the first to rise from within the organisation's staff.
Earlier, as head of UN peacekeeping, he was criticised for the UN's failures in Rwanda and Bosnia. As Secretary-General he promoted the Millennium Development Goals, the fight against HIV/AIDS and UN reform. He and the UN shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 2001.
He opposed the 2003 invasion of Iraq. After leaving office he mediated in Kenya's 2008 post-election crisis and served as UN-Arab League envoy for Syria in 2012.
Offices held
Jan 1, 1997 – Dec 31, 2006
Preceded by
Boutros Boutros-Ghali Succeeded by
Ban Ki-moon
Boutros Boutros-Ghali Succeeded by
Ban Ki-moon
Affiliations
Education
- Jan 1, 1958 – Jan 1, 1961 Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
- Jan 1, 1971 – Jan 1, 1972 MIT Sloan School of Management
- Macalester College
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- University of Geneva
Employment
Timeline
1939
1945
1951
1957
1963
1969
1975
1981
1987
1993
1999
2005
2011
2017
