2006 United Nations Secretary-General selection
A United Nations Secretary-General selection was held in 2006 to succeed Kofi Annan, whose second term as Secretary-General of the United Nations ran until 31 December 2006. Seven candidates were officially nominated for the position.
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Ban Ki-moon was elected Secretary-General in October 2006.
Kofi Atta Annan was a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh secretary-general of the United Nations from 1997 to 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 organisation founded by Nelson Mandela.
Annan in 2012
Annan speaking at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum
Annan with Russian president Vladimir Putin at United Nations Headquarters in New York City, 2001
Annan with US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice in 2006