BIOGRAPHY OF THE GREAT MAN OF THE WORLD KOFI ANNAN
Kofi Annan He was a former United Nations security General he was born on April 8 1938 in Kumasi Ghana. His father's name was Henry Reginald Annan and mother's name was Victoria Annan. his father used to work as an export manager for the lever Brothers cocoa company
both of his grandfather's and his uncle were tribal Chiefs and he was raised in one of Ghana's aristocratic families.
He attended the elite Mfantsipim school, a Methodist boarding school from 1954 to 1957. It was here that he learnt
that suffering anywhere concerns people everywhere. Ghana became the first British African colony to gain independence in 1957 the same year went Annan graduated from the Mfantsipim school as a member of the generation that witnessed their country's Independence struggle and subsequent Victory. He grew up thinking that everything was possible.
he joined the Kumasi College of Science and Technology in 1958 for a degree in economics. He completed his undergraduate studies in economics at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1961. Then he undertook Graduate Studies in economics at the institut Universitaire DES. hautes etudes internacionales in Geneva Switzerland from 1961 to 1962.
Kofi annan's career with the United Nation began in 1962. then he joined as an administrative
and budget officer with the World Health Organization in Geneva. He took a short break from being an international civil servant when he worked as the Director of tourism in Ghana from 1974 to 1976. In the 1980 Annan returned to work for the United Nation as an assistant secretary-general in three consecutive positions.
before becoming the Secretary General he also served as under Secretary General. his first five-year term as the United Nations Secretary General began on 1 January 1997 when he replaced outgoing Secretary General Boutros boutros-ghali of Egypt. In 1998. He appointed a lady Louise frechette of Canada as the first Deputy secretary-general in an attempt to bring about more gender equality within the United Nations system.
His second term as Secretary General began on 1 January 2002 when his tenure was renewed.
his reappointment to the post was an indication of his immense popularity. after leaving the United Nation he returned to Ghana where he became actively involved with a number of organizations like the global humanitarian Forum the Elders United Nations Foundation One Young World Etc.
in February 2012 Annan was appointed as the joint United Nations Arab League special Envoy to Syria in an attempt to deal with the ongoing conflicts there.
He resigned in August 2012 owing to lack of any progress due to intransigence on the part of all the concerned parties. as the Secretary General of the United Nation. He launched the global compact campaign in 1999, which is the world's biggest Initiative for promoting Corporate social responsibility.
Annan viewed the HIV/AIDS pandemic as his personal priority and in April 2001 issued a call to action proposing the establishment of a global AIDS and health fund to help developing countries deal with the crisis. after the September 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States. He played a crucial role in stimulating the general assembly and the security Council to take actions for combating terrorism.
In 2005. He presented a progress report in larger freedom to the United Nations General Assembly in which he recommended a host of reforms to renew and strengthen the United Nation organization.
Annan married a Nigerian woman titi alocasia in 1965, but they later separated in the 1970s and divorced in 1983. They have two children AMA and kojo together.
He later got married to nane Lagergren. a Swedish lawyer. She has a daughter from a previous marriage. Annan and the United Nation were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2001 for their work for a better organized and more peaceful world.
His birth name was Kofi Annan.
The name Kofi literally means a boy born on a Friday. his Memoir interventions a life in War and Peace written with Nador mousavizadeh was published in 2012. fluent in French English and several African languages outside of his impressive career.
He is the seventh Secretary of the peace-keeping body. as the secretary-general he reformed the United Nation bureaucracy and carried out projects like working to combat HIV especially in Africa and launched the United Nations Global compact.
Kofi Annan died on August 18 2018 in Bern Switzerland. He was 80
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