Kofi Annan

7th Secretary-General of the United Nations (1938-2018)

Source-basedStable

Lived 1938–2018, aged 80

Fame30.8
Momentum0.0
Wikipedia40.8K

Wikipedia
140 languages
Cross-language footprint
Era
1938–2018
Aged 80

Summary

Updated 2026-05-29

Ran the UN from 1997 to 2006 and shared a Nobel Peace Prize for it. Annan became the first secretary-general from sub-Saharan Africa, then spent his post-UN years leading the Kofi Annan Foundation and sitting with The Elders.

Biography

About

Kofi Atta Annan was a Ghanaian diplomat and statesman who served as the seventh secretary-general of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006. Annan and the UN were the co-recipients of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize. He was the founder and chairman of the Kofi Annan Foundation, as well as chairman of The Elders, an international organisation founded by Nelson Mandela.

Profile