List of UN Secretary Generals

List of UN Secretary Generals

The Secretary-General of the United Nations (UNSG), is the head of the United Nations Secretariat, one of the principal organs of the United Nations. The Secretary-General also acts as the de facto spokesperson and leader of the United Nations. Secretary-General is appointed by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Security Council.

The current Secretary-General is Ban Ki-moon of South Korea, who took office on 1 January 2007. His first term expired on 31 December 2011. He was re-elected, unopposed, to a second term on 21 June 2011.

Here is the complete list UN Secretaries Generals

Sl No	Name	Term of Office	Nationality
1	Trygve Lie	1 February 1946 – 10 November 1952	Norway
2	Dag Hammarskjold	10 April 1953 – 18 September 1961	Sweden
3	U Thant	30 November 1961 – 31 December 1971	Burma
4	Kurt Waldheim	1 January 1972 – 31 December 1981	Austria
5	Javier Peres De Cuellar	1 January 1982 – 31 December 1991	Peru
6	Dr. Boutros Boutros Ghali	1 January 1992 – 31 December 1996	Egypt
7	Kofi Annan	1 January 1997 – 31 December 2006	Ghana
8	Ban-Ki-Moon*	1 January 2007– present	South Korea

* Ban became the second Asian to be selected as the Secretary-General. He was unanimously elected to a second term by the General Assembly on 21 June 2011. His second term began on 1 January 2012. Prior to his selection, he was the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Korea from January 2004 to November 2006.