page_title: Kofi Annan
section_title: Activities
hierarchical_section_title: Kofi Annan / Secretary-General of the United Nations (1997–2006) / Activities
caption_attribution_description: English: UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS, NEW YORK CITY. President Vladimir Putin with UN Secretary General Kofi Annan.Русский: НЬЮ-ЙОРК, ШТАБ-КВАРТИРА ООН. С Генеральным секретарем ООН Кофи Аннаном.
context_page_description: Kofi Atta Annan was a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations from January 1997 to December 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 organization founded by Nelson Mandela.
  Annan studied economics at Macalester College, international relations at the Graduate Institute Geneva, and management at MIT. Annan joined the UN in 1962, working for the World Health Organization's Geneva office. He went on to work in several capacities at the UN Headquarters including serving as the Under-Secretary-General for peacekeeping between March 1992 and December 1996. He was appointed the Secretary-General on 13 December 1996 by the Security Council, and later confirmed by the General Assembly, making him the first office holder to be elected from the UN staff itself. He was re-elected for a second term in 2001, and was succeeded as Secretary-General by Ban Ki-moon on 1 January 2007.
caption: Annan with the President of Russia Vladimir Putin at United Nations Headquarters in New York City on 16 November 2001.
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