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Kofi Atta Annan (born April 8 1938 in Kumasi, Ghana) is the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations. In 2001, he received the Nobel Peace Prize.
His wife is the half-niece of Raoul Wallenberg. He is a twin; his twin sister died in 1991.
Annan studied at the University of Science and Technology in Kumasi (Ghana), Macalester College in St Paul, Minnesota (United States, 1961), Institut universitaire des hautes études internationales in Geneva (Switzerland, 1961-62) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1971-72).
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Preceded by: Boutros Boutros-Ghali | United Nations Secretaries-General |
Succeeded by: Incumbent |
