A Ghanaian diplomat, born in Kumasi, Ghana. He was the former Secretary-General of the United Nations, and was the first black African to hold this position. He studied economics at Macalester College, international relations at the Graduate Institute of International and...Read more Development Studies in Geneva in Switzerland, and management at MIT in the United States. He joined the UN in 1962, and worked at the World Health Organization office in Geneva. He then served in several positions at the UN Headquarters, including Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Forces Operations from March 1992 to December 1996. He was appointed Secretary-General on December 13, 1996 by the United Nations Security Council, and served as Secretary-General of the UN for two terms, from 1997 to 2006. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2001. He appeared in a number of documentaries, such as Kofi Annan: The Man Who Would Be King. He died on August 18, 2018.
A Ghanaian diplomat, born in Kumasi, Ghana. He was the former Secretary-General of the United Nations, and was the first black African to hold this position. He studied economics...Read more at Macalester College, international relations at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva in Switzerland, and management at MIT in the United States. He joined the UN in 1962, and worked at the World Health Organization office in Geneva. He then served in several positions at the UN Headquarters, including Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Forces Operations from March 1992 to December 1996. He was appointed Secretary-General on December 13, 1996 by the United Nations Security Council, and served as Secretary-General of the UN for two terms, from 1997 to 2006. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2001. He appeared in a number of documentaries, such as Kofi Annan: The Man Who Would Be King. He died on August 18, 2018.