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Secretary general of the united nations biography Retrieved 11 September Africa Renewal. Retrieved 3 December Archived from the original on 6 June Photo Secretary-General Dates in office Country of origin Remarks Ref Sir Gladwyn Jebb October 24, –
February 2, United Kingdom
Europe Acting Secretary-General 1 Trygve Lie February 2, –
November 10, Norway
Europe Resigned [1] 2 Dag Hammarskjöld April 10, –
September 18, Sweden
(Europe) Died in a plane crash in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) [2] 3 U Thant November 30, –
December 31, Burma
Asia Retired after 2nd term for personal reasons [3] 4 Kurt Waldheim January 1, –
December 31, Austria
Europe Chinese veto for his third term [4] 5 Javier Pérez de Cuéllar January 1, –
December 31, Peru
South America Refused a third term [5] 6 Boutros Boutros-Ghali January 1, –
December 31, Egypt
Africa American veto of his second term [6] 7 Kofi Annan January 1, –
December 31, Ghana
Africa Retired after two terms [7] 8 Ban Ki-moon January 1, –
December 31, South Korea
Asia Retired after two terms [8] 9 António Guterres January 1, –
present Portugal
Europe [9]
United Nations Secretary-General
February 2,
Europe
November 10,
Europe
September 18,
(Europe)
December 31,
Asia
December 31,
Europe
December 31,
South America
December 31,
Africa
December 31,
Africa
December 31,
Asia
present
Europe