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Kofi Annan was born on April 8, 1938, in Kumasi, Ghana to Henry Reginald and Madam Rose Eshun.
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Kofi Annan attended an elite Methodist boarding school called Mfantsipim where he learned that " suffering anywhere concerns people everywhere".
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Kofi Annan graduated from Mfantsipim
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Kofi Annan attended and completed his undergraduate work in economics at Macalester College in the United States
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Annan got a job working as a budget officer for the World Health Organization, a U.N. agency
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Kofi Annan married his first wife named Titi Alakija. Kofi had a daughter named Ama, and a son named Kojo.
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In 1972 Kofi Annan earned a Master of Science degree at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Sloan School of Management.
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Kofi Annan is appointed Director of Tourism in Ghana.
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Kofi Annan is appointed Head of Personnel in the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Geneva (UNHCR).
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Kofi Annan fell in love with Nane Lagergren, a lawyer at the U.N.
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Kofi Annan is appointed UN Assistant Secretary-General in Human Resources Management, and Security Coordinator.
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Kofi Annan is appointed UN Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations.
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Kofi Annan was the first to emerge from the ranks of the UN staff to become the Secretary-General of the United Nations. He was the first African American to hold this office . (Served from 1997 to 2006)
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According to the Nobel Foundation " he was recognized for his commitment to the struggle to the spreading of the HIV virus in Africa and his declared opposition to international terrorism"
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Kofi Annan retires from his position of 7th Secretary-General of the United Nations.
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Kofi Annan establishes the Kofi Annan Foundation in Geneva, Switzerland, with the aim of mobilising political will to overcome threats to peace, development and human rights.
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Kofi Annan becomes Chair of the Africa Progress Panel, composed of ten distinguished individuals from the private and public sector. It advocates equitable and sustainable development in Africa.
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After widespread violence occurred during Kenya’s 2007 presidential election, Kofi Annan co-chairs the Panel of Eminent African Personalities, appointed by the African Union to help find a peaceful solution to the crisis.
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Kofi Annan facilitated the signing of the Abuja Accords to ensure peaceful elections in Nigeria.
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Kofi Annan dies at the age of 80 to a short illness.
