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Kofi Atta Annan (/ ˈ k oʊ f i ˈ æ n æ n / KOH-fee AN-an, [1] US also /-ˈ ɑː n ɑː n /- AH-nahn; [2] 8 April 1938 – 18 August 2018) was a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh secretary-general of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006. [3] Annan and the UN were the co-recipients of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize. [4]
Kojo Annan was born in Geneva, Switzerland, on 25 July 1973. [1] Kojo Annan and his sister Ama Annan are from Kofi Annan's first marriage with Titi Alakija, a Nigerian. The couple separated when Kojo Annan was six years old and divorced two years later. After his parents separated, he lived with his father and spent holidays with his mother and ...
Kobina Annan (born 1944) is a retired Ghanaian diplomat, economist and business consultant. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He was Ghana's Ambassador to Morocco from 2002 to 2009. He is the brother of Kofi Annan and the uncle of Kojo Annan .
Kofi Annan, a charismatic symbol of the United Nations who rose through its ranks to become the first black African secretary-general, has died. Kofi Annan, a charismatic symbol of the United ...
Philosopher, novelist, and educator at the universities of Halle and Jena; was treated as a member of the family of Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel; first African known to have attended a European university [47] [47] Ottobah Cugoano [dubious – discuss] c. 1757: c. 1791 (aged 33–34) Abolitionist, philosopher, and author [48 ...
Kofi Annan (1938–2018) – the first black man to head the United Nations. He was awarded the Nobel Prize; Kwame Nkrumah (1909–1972) – started the pan-African movement, which liberated many states from European colonialism. Arthur Wharton (1865–1930) – the first black professional footballer in the world. [42]
Interventions: A Life in War and Peace is a memoir by former Secretary-General of the United Nations and 2001 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Kofi Annan.The book, published in 2012, focuses on the workings of the United Nations Secretariat and the conditions under which the Secretary General has to make decisions.
As of 2023, The Elders is chaired by Mary Robinson, [5] and consists of twelve Elders and four Elders Emeritus. [6] [1] Kofi Annan served as chair from 2013 until his death in 2018; Desmond Tutu served for six years as chair before stepping down in May 2013, and remained an Elder Emeritus until his death in 2021.