UN General Secretary Timeline

Gladwyn Jebb, United Kingdom

Period: Oct 24, 1945 to Feb 1, 1946

Trygve Lie, Norway

Period: Feb 2, 1946 to Nov 10, 1952

Dag Hammarskjöld, Sweden

Period: Apr 10, 1953 to Sep 18, 1961

U Thant, Burma

Period: Nov 30, 1961 to Dec 31, 1971

Kurt Waldheim, Austria

Period: Jan 1, 1972 to Dec 31, 1981

Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Peru

Period: Jan 1, 1982 to Dec 31, 1991

Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Egypt

Period: Jan 1, 1992 to Dec 31, 1996

Kofi Annan, Ghana

Period: Jan 1, 1997 to Dec 31, 2006

Ban Ki Moon, South Korea

Period: Jan 1, 2007 to Dec 31, 2016