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Secretary Generals of United Nations

25 Jun 2007 on Learning

These are the historic list of our past Secretary Generals of the United Nations… Gladwyn Jebb  (24 October 1945 – 1 February 1946)  United Kingdom

  1. Trygve Lie (1 February 1946 – 10 November 1952)  Norway
  2. Dag Hammarskjöld (10 April 1953 – 18 September 1961)  Sweden
  3. U Thant (30 November 1961 – 31 December 1971)  Myanmar
  4. Kurt Waldheim (1 January 1972 – 31 December 1981)  Austria
  5. Javier Pérez de Cuéllar (1 January 1982 – 31 December 1991)  Peru
  6. Boutros Boutros-Ghali (1 January 1992 – 31 December 1996)  Egypt
  7. Kofi Annan (1 January 1997 – 1 January 2007)  Ghana
  8. Ban Ki-moon (1 January 2007– Present)   South Korea