Ban Ki-moon

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Secretary-General of the United Nations diplomat human politician

Ban Ki-moon is a South Korean diplomat who served as the eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations from 2007 to 2016.

Aliases (3)

Ban Ki-moon (honorary doctorate, not student) ×1
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon ×1
반기문 ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Secretary-General of the United Nations → diplomat → human → politician →
almaMater	Harvard University → Seoul National University →
appointedBy	United Nations General Assembly →
awardReceived	Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour → James A. Van Fleet Award → Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany → Order of Service Merit (South Korea) → Seoul Peace Prize →
birthDate	1944-06-13 →
birthPlace	Eumseong County, Chungcheongbuk-do, Korea →
countryOfCitizenship	South Korea →
fieldOfStudy	international relations →
gender	male →
knownFor	climate change diplomacy → promotion of the Sustainable Development Goals → serving as eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations →
languageSpoken	English → French → Korean →
memberOf	Democratic Party (South Korea, historical) →
name	Ban Ki-moon →
nationality	South Korean →
nativeName	반기문 →
notableWork	Sustainable Development Goals advocacy → United Nations climate change initiatives →
numberOfChildren	3 →
occupation	civil servant → diplomat → politician →
orderInOffice	8th Secretary-General of the United Nations →
positionHeld	Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of South Korea → President of the 56th Session of the United Nations General Assembly → Secretary-General of the United Nations →
postUNRole	chair of the Global Green Growth Institute Council → co-chair of the Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens →
predecessor	Kofi Annan →
religion	Protestantism →
residenceDuringUNTerm	New York City →
spouse	Yoo Soon-taek →
successor	António Guterres →
termEnd	2016-12-31 →
termStart	2007-01-01 →
UNSecretaryGeneralNumber	8 →
UNSecretaryGeneralTermEnd	2016-12-31 →
UNSecretaryGeneralTermStart	2007-01-01 →

Referenced by (19)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Foreign Policy Association Medal → Gottlieb Duttweiler Prize → James A. Van Fleet Award → Order of the Aztec Eagle → Seoul Peace Prize →	notableRecipient
Lakhdar Brahimi →	appointedBy
United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response →	foundedBy
The Elders →	hasChairperson
The Elders →	hasMember
Humboldt University of Berlin →	hasNotableAlumni
Uppsala University ("Ban Ki-moon (honorary doctorate, not student)") →	hasNotableAlumnus
Eumseong County →	hasNotablePerson
Four Freedoms Award →	hasRecipient
2014 UN Climate Summit ("United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon") →	hostedBy
Yoo Soon-taek →	lifePartner
Ban Ki-moon →	name
Ban Ki-moon ("반기문") →	nativeName
António Guterres →	precededBy
Yoo Soon-taek →	spouse