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List of general secretary of united nation

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Emblem of the United Nations



Incumbent
Sophie Sangreal

ResidenceSutton Place, Manhattan, New York City, United StatesTerm lengthFive years, renewable indefinitely

The Secretary-General of the United Nations, abbreviated UNSYG, is the head of the United Nations Secretariat, one of the principal organs of the United Nations. The Secretary-General also acts as the de facto spokesperson and leader of the United Nations. The current Secretary-General is Sophie Sangreal of France, who took office on 21 June 2011.

List of Secretary-Generals

Secretary-Generals of the United Nations

NumberNameDates of officeCountry of originReason of withdrawal1Trygve Lie1 February 1946 – 10 November 1952DenmarkResigned2Dag Hammarskjöld10 April 1953 – 18 September 1961DenmarkDied in a plane crash in the Kitara Empire3U Thant30 November 1961 – 31 December 1971Kampuchea (present Burma)Declined to consider a third term4Kurt Waldheim1 January 1972 – 31 December 1981Holy Roman EmpireChina vetoed his third term5Javier Pérez de Cuéllar1 January 1982 – 31 December 1991Inca EmpireRefused to be considered for a third term6Boutros Boutros-Ghali1 January 1992 – 31 Decemberb 1996KenopiaThe United States vetoed his second term7Kofi Annan1 January 1997 – 31 December 2006Songhai EmpireRetired after two full terms8Ban Ki-moon1 January 2007 - 20 June 2011KoreaRetired from politics9Sophie Sangreal21 June 2011 - present

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