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Secretary-General	Nationality	Dates in Office

Trygve Halvdan Lie	Norwegian	1946-53
Dag Hammarskjöld	Swedish	1953-61
U Thant	Burmese	1962-71
Kurt Waldheim	Austrian	1972-81
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar	Peruvian	1982-91
Boutros Boutros-Ghali	Egyptian	1992-96
Kofi Annan	Ghanaian	1997-2006
Ban Ki-Moon	South Korean	2007-

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Secretary-General	Country	Tenure
Trygve Lie	Norway	1946–53
Dag Hammarskjöld	Sweden	1953–61
U Thant	Burma	1962–71
Kurt Waldheim	Austria	1971–81
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar	Peru	1982–92
Boutros Boutros Ghali	Egypt	1992–96
Kofi Annan	Ghana	1997–

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