Kofi Annan

Kofi Atta Annan
7th Secretary-General of the United Nations
In office 1 January 1997 – 1 January 2007
Preceded by	Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Succeeded by	Ban Ki-moon
Personal details
Born	(1938-04-08)8 April 1938 Comassie, Gold Coast (now Kumasi, Ghana)
Died	18 August 2018(2018-08-18) (aged 80) Bern, Switzerland[1]
Nationality	ghanaian
Spouse(s)	Titi Alakija (div.) Nane Maria Annan

Kofi Atta Annan (8 April 1938 – 18 August 2018) was a Ghanaian diplomat. He served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations. He did this from 1 January 1997 to 31 December 2006. Annan and the United Nations were the co-recipients of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize. They were awarded the prize "for their work for a better organized and more peaceful world".^[2]

1. ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-45232892 | Kofi Annan, former UN chief, dies at 80 - BBC News
2. ↑ Annan, Kofi. "The Nobel Peace Prize 2001". nobelprize.org. Retrieved 2014-02-08.