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2006 Ban Ki-moon is elected to be U.N. Secretary-General
1995 Joe Slovo, Latvian/South African attorney/secretary-general (SACR), dies at 68 1994 Manfred Worner, German general/Secretary-General of NATO (1988-94), dies at 59 1994 Arnold Smith, British 1st Secretary-General of Commonwealth (1965-75), dies at 79 1993 Chris Hani, Secretary-General South Africian Communist Party, assassinated at 50 1992 Mahmoud Riad, Secretary-General of Arab League (1972-79), dies 1992 Muhammad Abd al-Khaliq Hassuna, Secretary-General of Arab League (1952-72), dies 1985 Eugene Carson Blake, Secretary-General World Council of Churches, dies at 78 1984 Joseph Luns resigns as Secretary-General of NATO 1984 Enrico Berlinguer, Secretary-General (CP) Italy, dies 1982 Javier Perez de Cuellar becomes Secretary-General of UN 1981 Peru's Javier Perez de Cuellar becomes Secretary-General of UN 1979 Dirk Uipko Stikker, Dutch CEO (Heineken)/Secretary-General NATO, dies at 82 1976 U.N. General Assembly re-elects Kurt Waldheim secretary-General 1976 U.N. Security Council endorses Kurt Waldheim, Secretary-General for 2nd 5 yr term 1974 [Sithu] U Thant, United Nations Secretary-General (1961-72), dies in New York of cancer at 65 1972 Philip Potter appointed Secretary-General of World council of Churches 1972 Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgian premier/secretary-general (NATO, 1957-61), dies at 73 1971 U.N. General Assembly ratifies Kurt Waldheim as Secretary-General 1971 Joseph Luns becomes Secretary-General of NATO 1971 Manlio Brosio resigns as Secretary-General of NATO 1971 Joseph Luns appointed Secretary-General of NATO 1966 Trygve Halvdan Lie, 1st United Nations Secretary-General (1946-53), dies at 72 1966 Leonid Brezhnev elected Secretary-General of Communist Party 1964 Maurice Thorez, Secretary-General French Communist Party, dies at 64 1964 Manlio Brosio chosen as Secretary-General of NATO 1962 U Thant of Burma elected 3rd Secretary-General of United Nations unanimously 1961 Dirk U. Suffocated chosen as Secretary-General of NATO 1961 Paul-Henri Spaak resigns as Secretary-General of NATO 1961 NATO Secretary-General Paul-Henri Spaak says he'll resign 1957 Dag Hammarskjold re-elected Secretary-General of UN 1956 Paul-Henri Spaak appointed Secretary-General of NATO 1953 U.N. Security Council nominates Dag Hammarskjold secretary-general 1952 M Cyril Ramaphosa, Secretary-General of South African Mine Workers' Union 1952 Popo Simon Molefe, Secretary-General, South Africa UDF 1951 Eric Drummond, 1st Secretary-General League of Nations (1919-33), dies at 75 1951 Frank Chikane, Secretary-General of South Africa Council of Churches 1947 Luke Rittner, Secretary-General, Arts Council 1946 Trygve Lie, a Norwegian socialist, becomes 1st Secretary-General of UN 1945 John Hayes, Secretary-General, British Law Society 1943 Oscar D. Dhlomo, South African Secretary-General of Inkatha, 1978 - 1990 1942 "Chris" Martin Thembisile Hani, Secretary-General, South Africa Communist Party 1942 Jean Van Royen, Secretary-General of Concentration Camp Amersfoort, dies at 63 1939 Smangaliso P Mkhatshwa, born in South Africa, Secretary-General, Bishops' Conference 1983-88 1938 Frits Wols, Eugene W Wong Loi Sing, Suriname, Secretary-General, UNESCO 1938 Kofi Annan, born in Ghana, Kofi Atta Annan, diplomat, statesman, Secretary-General of the United Nations 1997 - 2007, received 2001 Nobel Peace Prize 1935 Lord Ichayra, Secretary-General, British Banking Association 1934 Manfred Worner, German General/Secretary-General, NATO, 1988-94 1934 Carl de Winter, Secretary-General, Federation of British Artists 1928 Shridath Surendranath "Sonny" Ramphal, Guyanese Secretary-General, 1975- 1925 Alfred B Nzo, South African Secretary-General ANC, 1969- 1922 Boutros Boutros Ghali, Egyptian Secretary-General of United Nations, 1992 - 1997 1921 Philip A. Potter, Dominica Secretary-General World council of Churches 1920 Javier Perez de Cuellar, Lima Peru, 5th Secretary-General of United Nations, 1982-91 1918 Kurt Waldheim, born in Austria, Austrian diplomat, politician, Secretary-General of the U.N., ninth President of Austria 1909 [Sithu] U Thant, Burma, 3rd United Nations Secretary-General, 1962-72 1909 U Thant, born in Pantanaw, Burma, born Pantanaw U Thant, diplomat and third Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1961 to 1971 1906 Eugene Carson Blake, U.S. Secretary-General of World council of Churches, 1966-72 1905 Dag Hammarskjold, Sweden, 2nd United Nations Secretary-General, 1953-61, Nobel 1961 1900 Maurice Thorez, Secretary-General, French Communist Party 1899 Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgium, premier/Secretary-General of NATO, 1957-61 1878 Jean F Van Royen, Dutch bibliophile and Secretary-General of PTT 1876 Eric Drummond, 1st Secretary-General of League of Nations, 1919 - 1933 |
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