Secretary-General
of the
United
Nations is
the head of
the United
Nations
Secretariat.
The role of
UN
Secretary-General
is laid out
by Chapter
XV (Articles
97 to 101)
of UN
Charter.
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UN
Secretary-General
|
Country |
From-
to |
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0.Gladwyn
Jebb
|
United
Kingdom |
24
October
1945
-
1
February
1946 |
|
|
|
1.Trygve
Lie |
Norway |
2
February
1946
-
10
November
1952 |
|
|
|
2.
Dag
Hammarskjöld |
Sweden |
10
April
1953
-
18
September
1961 |
|
|
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3. U
Thant |
Burma |
30
November
1961
- 31
December
1971 |
|
|
|
4.
Kurt
Waldheim |
Austria |
1
January
1972
–
31
December
1981 |
|
|
|
5.
Javier
Pérez
de
Cuéllar |
Peru |
1
January
1982
–
31
December
1991 |
|
|
|
6.
Boutros
Boutros-Ghali |
Egypt |
1
January
1992
-
31
December
1996 |
|
|
|
7.
Kofi
Annan |
Ghana |
1
January
1997
–
31
December
2006 |
|
|
|
8.
Ban
Ki-Moon
|
South
Korea |
1
January
2007
–
31
December
2016
|
|
|
|
9.
António
Guterres
|
Portugal |
1
January
2017
– |
|