List of Secretary Generals Till Date 2022
Name | Resignation/Retirement |
Trygve Lie (1946-1952) | On November, 1952, resigned |
Dag Hammarskjold (1953-1961) | Died in plane crash in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) |
U Thant (1961-1971) | Declined to consider a third term |
Kurt Waldheim (1972-1981) | China voted against his third term |
Javier Perez (1982-1991) | Refused to be considered for a third term |
Boutros- Boutros Ghali (1992-1996) | The United States voted against his second term |
Kofi Annan (1997-2006) | Retired after two full term |
Ban ki- Moon (1st January, 2007-2016) | Retired after two full term |
Antonio Guterres (1st January2017-Present) |