United Nations Secretary-General

chief administrative officer and head of the United Nations

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 António Guterres.

Secretaries-General change

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 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
Retired after two terms [7]
8   Ban Ki-moon January 1, 2007–
December 31, 2016
South Korea
Asia
Retired after two terms [8]
9   António Guterres January 1, 2017–
present
Portugal
Europe
[9]

References change

  1. "Trygve Lie". United Nations. Retrieved 2008-02-20.
  2. "Dag Hammarskjold". United Nations. Retrieved 2008-02-20.
  3. "U Thant". United Nations. Retrieved 2008-02-20.
  4. "Kurt Waldheim". United Nations. Retrieved 2008-02-20.
  5. "Javier Pérez de Cuéllar". United Nations. Retrieved 2008-02-20.
  6. "Boutros Boutros-Ghali". United Nations. Retrieved 2008-02-20.
  7. "Kofi Annan". United Nations. Retrieved 2008-02-20.
  8. "Ban Ki-moon". United Nations. Retrieved 2008-02-20.
  9. Alexander, Harriet (5 October 2016). "Who is Antonio Guterres, the next Secretary-General of the United Nations?". The Telegraph. Retrieved 6 October 2016.