Kofi Annan



First NameKofi
Last NameAnnan
Full Name at BirthKofi Atta Annan
Age73
Date of BirthApril 8, 1938
BirthplaceKumasi, Ghana
Height5' 7" (170 cm)
BuildAverage
Hair ColorGrey
Star SignAries
ReligionMethodist
EthnicityBlack
NationalityGhanaian
High SchoolMfantsipim School, Cape Coast, Ghana (1957)
UniversityEconomics, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology of Ghana
Economics, Macalester College (1961)
DEA, Institute of International Studies(1962)
MS, MIT Sloan School of Management (1972)
Occupation CategoryHead of State
Claim to Fame7th Secretary-General of the United Nations, Nobel Peace Prize

Kofi Atta Annan (born 8 April 1938) is a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1 January 1997 to 31 December 2006. Annan and the United Nations were the co-recipients of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize for his founding the Global AIDS and Health Fund to support developing countries in their struggle to care for their people.


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