ANNAN, KOFI

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06813856
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: March 9, 2023
• Document Release Date: August 12, 2020
• Case Number: F-2018-02369
• Publication Date: September 8, 1997

Approved for Release: 2020/07/29 C06813856
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GHANA
Kofi ANNAN
(Phonetic: ANen)
Secretary General, UN (since January 1997)
Addressed as: Mr. Secretary General
Background: Thirty-four-year UN veteran who has worked in administrative, personnel, budget, and
negotiating posts ... former Director, UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (1993-96) .. . UN
Special Representative to the former Yugoslavia (1995).
Languages: Speaks English, French, Twi. and Fante.
Personal Notes: Born on 8 April 1938 in Ghana .. . graduate of Sloan School of Management at MIT
(1971-72) . .. married to the former Nane Lagergren, a Swedish national who is a niece of Raoul
Wallenberg . .. couple has three adult children from previous marriages.
LP 97-110237
8 September 1997
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Approved for Release: 2020/07/29 C06813856