Former Secretary General of the UN Kofi Annan (80) died

Kofi Atta Annan, former Secretary-General of the UN, died in Switzerland at the age of 80.

Annan was born in 1938 in Kumasi, Ghana. He was married to a Swedish and leaves behind three children.

Annan worked for the United Nations almost his entire career. From 1997 to 2006 he was Secretary-General of the United Nations. In 2006, Annan was succeeded by the South Korean Ban Ki-moon.

In 2001 he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize together with the United Nations.

In 2007 he founded his own fund: the Kofi Annan Foundation. The fund is committed to sustainable development, peace and security.

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