Emmanuel Anui Kofie

Place: Kumasi

Born: 1938

Death: 2018

Biography:

Kofi Annan was a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006. He was the first black African to hold the position of Secretary-General. Annan was born in Kumasi, Ghana in 1938. He studied economics at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota and international relations at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland. Annan joined the United Nations in 1962, working in various capacities in the organization's offices in Geneva, New York, and Addis Ababa. He was appointed Assistant Secretary-General for Program Planning, Budget, and Finance in 1987 and served as Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations from March 1993 to February 1997. Annan was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2001, together with the United Nations, for his work in humanitarianism and the fight against poverty, hunger, and disease. He died in Bern, Switzerland in 2018.