In the 2006 election that landed him in his current post, he beat out Shashi Tharoor after winning every straw pole and traveling the entire globe while on campaign.
In the 2006 election that landed him in his current post, he beat out Shashi Tharoor after winning every straw pole and traveling the entire globe while on campaign. Previously, he had served as director of the International Organizations and Treaties bureau, Ambassador to Austria, and most recently the Foreign Minister of his home country, where the press nicknamed him "the slippery eel" for his ability to avoid answering questions. FTP, name this South Korean successor to Kofi Annan, the current UN Secretary General.          |
In the 2006 election that landed him in his current post, he beat out Shashi Tharoor after winning every straw pole and traveling the entire globe while on campaign.
{Ban} Ki-Moon