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Documents for "United Nations: Biographies":

• Annan, Kofi Atta 1938-, Ghanaian diplomat, secretary-general of the United Nations (1997-), b. Kumasi. The scion of a family of Fante chieftains, he studied at Macalester College, St. Paul, Minn. (grad. 1961), and...

• Boutros-Ghali, Boutros 1922-, Egyptian statesman, secretary-general of the United Nations (1992-96). He attended the universities of Cairo and Paris (Ph.D., 1949). He was (1949-79) professor of international relations at Cairo Univ. A member of numerous academic and diplomatic...

• Bunche, Ralph Johnson 1904-71, U.S. government official and UN diplomat, b. Detroit, Ph.D., Harvard, 1934. He taught political science at Howard Univ. (1928-40). In government service after 1941, he worked under the...

• ElBaradei, Mohamed 1952-, Egyptian lawyer and United Nations diplomat, b. Cairo, grad. Univ. of Cairo (1962), New York Univ. School of Law (1974). He worked (1964-80) in the Egyptian diplomatic service, becoming...

• Hammarskjöld, Dag 1905-61, Swedish statesman, secretary-general of the United Nations (1953-61). He attended the universities of Uppsala and Stockholm (Ph.D., 1934). The son of a former prime minister of Sweden, Hjalmar Hammarskjöld, he entered government service in 1930. He was...

• Lie, Trygve Halvdan 1896-1968, Norwegian statesman, first secretary-general of the United Nations. A lawyer and Labor party leader, he was Norwegian minister of justice (1935-39) and minister of trade and supply (1939-41). He became (1941) foreign minister of the government in exile. Elected...

• Thant, U 1909-74, Burmese diplomat, secretary-general of the United Nations (1962-72). Educated at University College, Yangon, he later held positions in education, the press, and broadcasting. He was with the Burmese ministry of information (1949-57) and served as...

• Waldheim, Kurt 1918-, Austrian diplomat, secretary-general of the United Nations (1971-81) and president of Austria (1986-92). He entered diplomatic service after World War II, serving in France and Canada. When Austria entered the United Nations in 1958, Waldheim was a member...