deaths
August 18, 2018
Kofi Annan, Ghanaian diplomat and seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations (born 1938)
Kofi Annan
Kofi Atta Annan was a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh secretary-general of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006. Annan and the UN were the co-recipients of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize. He was the founder and chairman of the Kofi Annan Foundation, as well as chairman of The Elders, an international organisation founded by Nelson Mandela.
Secretary-General of the United Nations
The secretary-general of the United Nations is the chief administrative officer of the United Nations and head of the United Nations Secretariat, one of the six principal organs of the United Nations.
August 18
August 18 is the 230th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 135 days remain until the end of the year.