Kofi Annan

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Secretary-General of the United Nations diplomat human politician

Kofi Annan was a Ghanaian diplomat who served as Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006 and was a co-recipient of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize.

Aliases (2)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Secretary-General of the United Nations → diplomat → human → politician →
awardReceived	Indira Gandhi Prize → Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding → Nobel Peace Prize → Order of the Netherlands Lion → Order of the Star of Ghana → Order of the White Double Cross → Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought →
burialPlace	Military Cemetery, Accra →
coRecipientOf	2001 Nobel Peace Prize →
countryOfCitizenship	Ghana →
dateOfBirth	1938-04-08 →
dateOfDeath	2018-08-18 →
educatedAt	Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies → Kumasi College of Science and Technology → MIT Sloan School of Management → Macalester College →
employer	United Nations →
endTime	2006 →
ethnicGroup	Fante people →
familyName	Annan →
fieldOfWork	diplomacy → international relations →
founded	Kofi Annan Foundation →
givenName	Kofi →
hasHonoraryDegreeFrom	Carleton University → Harvard University → University of Ghana →
languagesSpoken	Akan → English → French →
mannerOfDeath	natural causes →
memberOf	The Elders → United Nations →
notableWork	Millennium Development Goals → UN Global Compact →
placeOfBirth	Kumasi →
placeOfDeath	Bern →
positionHeld	Secretary-General of the United Nations →
relative	Kobina Annan →
religion	Presbyterianism →
residence	Geneva →
sexOrGender	male →
sharesNobelPeacePrizeWith	United Nations →
spouse	Nane Maria Annan →
startTime	1997 →

Referenced by (15)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Foreign Policy Association Medal → Gottlieb Duttweiler Prize → Ronald Reagan Freedom Award → Seoul Peace Prize →	notableRecipient
Humboldt University of Berlin → King’s College London ("Kofi Annan (studied short course)") →	hasNotableAlumni
Four Freedoms Award → Fulbright Prize for International Understanding →	hasRecipient
Lakhdar Brahimi →	appointedBy
Olof Palme Prize →	hasAwarded
The Elders →	hasChairperson
The Elders →	hasMember
Uppsala University ("Kofi Annan (honorary doctorate, not student)") →	hasNotableAlumnus
Nobel Peace Prize →	hasNotableLaureate
Ban Ki-moon →	predecessor