António Guterres
is the current Secretary-General of the United Nations.
He is the ninth Secretary-General, his term began 1 January 2017.
The list of Secretaries-General, with the date of their term in office, is:
Trygve Lie, from Norway, 1946-1952
Dag Hammarskjöld, from Sweden, 1953-1961
U Thant, from Burma (now Myanmar), 1961-1971
Kurt Waldheim, from Austria, 1972-1981
Javier Perez de Cuellar, from Peru, 1982-1991
Boutros Boutros-Ghali, from Egypt, 1992-1996
Kofi A. Annan, from Ghana, 1997-2006
Ban Ki-moon, from Republic of Korea, 2007-2016
António Guterres, from Portugal, 2017-present
Gladwyn Jebb, from the United Kingdom, served as
Acting
Secretary-General from
24 Oc
tober 1945 -
1 February 1946.
In late December 1950 and early 1951, Secretary-General Trygve Lie traveled to Europe to spend the holidays with his family. Following the holidays, he traveled to Geneva, Paris, and London in search of a venue for the 6th regular session of the General Assembly (eventually held in Paris). Before his departure, the Secretary-General appointed then Assistant Secretary-General for the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Mr. David K. Owen, to perform as Acting Secretary-General during his absence from New York. (See press release SG/135 of 21 December 1950 for more details.)
The
Research Guide on the
Secretariat provides links to more information about the appointments and additional resources held by the Library for each Secretary-General.
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