List of Secretaries General of the United Nations

List of Secretaries General of the United Nations

S.No Secretary-General Country of origin Remarks
1 Trygve Lie Norway  Term of Office: 1946-1952
 First United Nations secretary-
general
2 Dag Hammarskjold Sweden  Term of Office: 1953-1961
3 U Thant Myanmar  Term of Office: 1961-1971
4 Kurt Waldheim Austria  Term of Office: 1972-1981
5 Javier Perez de Cuellar Peru  Term of Office: 1982-1991
6 Boutros Boutros-Ghali Egypt  Term of Office: 1992-1996

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 List of Secretaries General of the United Nations

 Boutros Boutros-Ghali was the

7 Kofi Annan
8 Ban Ki-moon
9 Antonio Guterres
UN first secretary general from
the African continent
Ghana  Term of Office: 1997-2006
South Korea  Term of Office: 2007-2016
Portugal  Term of Office: 2017- Present
 He served as prime minister of
Portugal from 1995 to 2002,
during which time he was
heavily involved in the
international effort to resolve the
crisis in East Timor.
 9th United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees
(2005-2015)

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 The Secretary-General is appointed by the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the

Security Council. The Secretary-General's selection is therefore subject to the veto of any of the five
permanent members of the Security Council.
 Term length-Five years (renewable)

United Nations

 The United Nations (UN) is an international organization established on 24 October 1945, which
aims to maintain international peace and security.

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 List of Secretaries General of the United Nations

 The UN was established after World War II with the aim of preventing future wars, succeeding the
ineffective League of Nations
 Headquarters: New York City
 Its Official Languages are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.

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