Kofi Annan
Diplomat, Politician
1938 –
Who is Kofi Annan?
Kofi Atta Annan is a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations, from 1 January 1997 to 31 December 2006. Annan and the United Nations were the co-recipients of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize "for their work for a better organized and more peaceful world."
From 23 February until 31 August 2012, Annan was the UN–Arab League Joint Special Representative for Syria, to help find a resolution to ongoing conflict there. Annan quit after becoming frustrated with the UN's lack of progress with regard to conflict resolution, stating that "when the Syrian people desperately need action, there continues to be finger-pointing and name-calling in the Security Council."
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- Born
- Apr 8, 1938
Kumasi - Also known as
- Kofi Atta Annan
- Secretary General Kofi Annan
- Kofi A. Annan
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Titi Alakija
(1965 - 1970) - Nane Maria Annan
(1984 - )
- Titi Alakija
- Children
- Religion
- Protestantism
- Christianity
- Ethnicity
- Ashanti people
- Nationality
- Ghana
- Profession
- Education
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Macalester College
- MIT Sloan School of Management
- Mfantsipim School
- Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
- Employment
- Secretary-General of the United Nations, United Nations
(1997/01/01 - 2006/12/31) - United Nations and Arab League envoy to Syria, United Nations
(2012/02/23 - 2012/08/02)
- Secretary-General of the United Nations, United Nations
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on July 23, 2013
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