أمناء عموم الأمم المتحدة

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Secretary-General the United Nations Other official names أمين عام الأمم المتحدة (عربية) 联合国秘书长 (صينية) Secrétaire Général des Nations Unies (فرنسية) Secretario General de las Naciones Unidas (إسپانية) Генеральный секретарь ООН (روسية)
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الحالي António Guterres منذ 1 يناير 2017 (2017-01-01)
United Nations Secretariat
الأسلوب	His Excellency
النوع	Chief administrative officer
الاختصار	UNSECGEN
عضو	Secretariat General Assembly
المقر	Sutton Place, New York City
المقعد	United Nations Headquarters, New York City (international territory)
المرشـِّح	Security Council
المعيـِّن	General Assembly
طول المدة	Five years, renewable (traditionally limited to two terms)
المجلس التمثيلي	United Nations Charter
السابق	Secretary-General of the League of Nations
التشكل	24 October 1945
أول شاغل	Gladwyn Jebb as acting Secretary-General Trygve Lie as first Secretary-General
النائب	Deputy Secretary-General
الموقع الإلكتروني	un.org/sg

شغل التالية أسمائهم منصب الأمين العام للأمم المتحدة:

الاسم	الجنسية	الفترة	الرابط على موقع الأمم المتحدة
تريغف هالفدان لي	النرويج	1946 - 1952	www.un.org/arabic/sg/bio/sg1bio.htm
داغ همر شولد	السويد	1953 - 1961	www.un.org/arabic/sg/bio/sg2bio.htm
يوثانت	ميانمار	1961 - 1971	www.un.org/arabic/sg/bio/sg3bio.htm
كورت فالدهايم	النمسا	1972 - 1981	www.un.org/arabic/sg/bio/sg4bio.htm
خافير بيريز دي كوييار	بيرو	1982 - 1991	www.un.org/arabic/sg/bio/sg5bio.htm
بطرس بطرس غالي	مصر	1992 - 1996	www.un.org/arabic/sg/bio/sg6bio.htm
كوفي عنان	غانا	1997 - 2006	http://www.un.org/arabic/sg/sg7bio.shtml
بان كي مون	كوريا الجنوبية	2007 -	www.un.org/arabic/sg/bio.htm

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 Residence

The official residence of the secretary-general is a townhouse at 3 Sutton Place, Manhattan, in New York City, United States. The townhouse was built for Anne Morgan in 1921 and donated to the United Nations in 1972.

 List of secretaries-general

No.	Portrait	Secretary-general (Birth–Death)	Assumed office	Left office	Country of origin	UN Regional Group	Notes
Acting		Jebb, GladwynGladwyn Jebb (1900–1996)	24 October 1945	2 February 1946	المملكة المتحدة	Western European and Others	After World War II, Jebb served as executive secretary of the Preparatory Commission of the United Nations in August 1945, being appointed Acting United Nations secretary-general from October 1945 to February 1946 until the appointment of the first secretary-general, Trygve Lie.
1		Lie, TrygveTrygve Lie (1896–1968)	2 February 1946	10 November 1952	النرويج	Western European and Others	Lie, a foreign minister and former labour leader, was recommended by the Soviet Union to fill the post. After the UN involvement in the Korean War, the Soviet Union vetoed Lie's reappointment in 1951. The United States circumvented the Soviet Union's veto and recommended reappointment directly to the General Assembly. Lie was reappointed by a vote of 46 to 5, with eight abstentions. The Soviet Union remained hostile to Lie, and he resigned in 1952.
2		Hammarskjöld, DagDag Hammarskjöld (1905–1961)	10 April 1953	18 September 1961	السويد	Western European and Others	After a series of candidates were vetoed, Hammarskjöld emerged as an option that was acceptable to the Security Council. He was re-elected unanimously to a second term in 1957. The Soviet Union was angered by Hammarskjöld's leadership of the UN during the Congo Crisis, and suggested that the position of secretary-general be replaced by a troika, or three-man executive. Facing great opposition from the Western nations, the Soviet Union gave up on its suggestion. Hammarskjöld died in a plane crash in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) in 1961. U.S. president John F. Kennedy called him "the greatest statesman of our century". Hammarskjöld was posthumously awarded the 1961 Nobel Peace Prize.
Acting		Thant, UU Thant (1909–1974)	3 November 1961	30 November 1962	ميانمار	Asia-Pacific Formerly a member of the Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League until 1958	In the process of replacing Hammarskjöld, the developing world insisted on a non-European and non-American secretary-general. U Thant was nominated. However, due to opposition from the French (Thant had chaired a committee on Algerian independence) and the Arabs (Burma supported Israel), Thant was only appointed for the remainder of Hammarskjöld's term. He was the first Asian secretary-general. The following year, on 30 November, Thant was unanimously re-elected to a full term ending on 3 November 1966. At the General Assembly session on 2 December 1966, Thant was reappointed as secretary-general by a unanimous vote of the Security Council. His five-year term ended on 31 December 1971. Thant did not seek a third election. Thant is the only former secretary-general whose home country had not been in the Security Council in his term.
3			30 November 1962	31 December 1971
4		Waldheim, KurtKurt Waldheim (1918–2007)	1 January 1972	31 December 1981	النمسا	Western European and Others	Waldheim launched a discreet but effective campaign to become the secretary-general. Despite initial vetoes from China and the United Kingdom, in the third round, Waldheim was selected to become the new secretary-general. In 1976, China initially blocked Waldheim's re-election, but it relented on the second ballot. In 1981, Waldheim's re-election for a third term was blocked by China, which vetoed his selection through 15 rounds; although the official reasons by the Chinese government for the veto of Waldheim remain unclear, some estimates from the time believe it to be in part due to China's belief that a Third World country should give a nomination, particularly from the Americas; however, there also remained the question of his possible involvement in Nazi war crimes. From 1986 to 1992, Waldheim served as president of Austria, making him the first former secretary-general to rise to the position of head of state. In 1985, it was revealed that a post-World War II UN War Crimes Commission had labeled Waldheim as a suspected war criminal based on his involvement with the Wehrmacht. The files had been stored in the UN archive.
5		Pérez de Cuéllar, JavierJavier Pérez de Cuéllar (1920–2020)	1 January 1982	31 December 1991	پيرو	Latin American and Caribbean	Pérez de Cuéllar was selected after a five-week deadlock between the re-election of Waldheim and China's candidate, Salim Ahmed Salim of Tanzania. Pérez de Cuéllar, a Peruvian diplomat who a decade earlier had served as President of the UN Security Council during his time as Peruvian ambassador to the UN, was a compromise candidate. He became the first and thus far only secretary-general from the Americas. He was re-elected unanimously in 1986.
6		Boutros-Ghali, BoutrosBoutros Boutros-Ghali (1922–2016)	1 January 1992	31 December 1996	مصر	African	The 102-member Non-Aligned Movement insisted that the next secretary-general come from Africa. With a majority in the General Assembly and the support of China, the "Non-Aligned Movement had the votes necessary to block any unfavorable candidate". The Security Council conducted five anonymous straw polls—a first for the council—and Boutros-Ghali emerged with 11 votes on the fifth round. In 1996, the United States vetoed the re-appointment of Boutros-Ghali, claiming he had failed in implementing necessary reforms to the UN.
7		Annan, KofiKofi Annan (1938–2018)	1 January 1997	31 December 2006	غانا	African	On 13 December 1996, the Security Council recommended Annan. He was confirmed four days later by the vote of the General Assembly. He started his second term as secretary-general on 1 January 2002. Kofi Annan and the United Nations were the recipients of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize.
8		Ban Ki-moon (b. 1944)	1 January 2007	31 December 2016	كوريا الجنوبية	Asia-Pacific	Ban became the first East Asian to be selected as the secretary-general and the second Asian overall after U Thant. He was unanimously elected to a second term by the General Assembly on 21 June 2011. His second term began on 1 January 2012. Prior to his selection, he was the Foreign Minister of South Korea from January 2004 to November 2006.
9		Guterres, AntónioAntónio Guterres (b. 1949)	1 January 2017	Incumbent	الپرتغال and تيمور الشرقية	Western European and Others and Asia-Pacific	Guterres is the first former head of government to become secretary-general, and the first secretary-general born after the establishment of the United Nations. He was the prime minister of Portugal from 1995 to 2002. He has also been president of the Socialist International (1999–2005) and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (2005–2015). His second term began on 1 January 2022. Since August 2024, Guterres also holds East-Timorese citizenship.

Map showing which nations have had a national serving as secretary-general of the United Nations

Jebb

Lie

Hammarskjöld

Thant

Waldheim

Pérez de Cuéllar

Boutros-Ghali

Annan

Ban

Guterres

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Birthplaces of Secretaries-General of the United Nations

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 Statistics

#	Country of Origin	Secretary-General	Born	Age at ascension (first term)	Time in office (total)	Age at retirement (last term)	Lifespan
							Died	Age
–	المملكة المتحدة	Jebb, Gladwy Gladwyn Jebb	25 April 1900	45 years, 182 days 24 October 1945	102 days	45 years, 283 days 2 February 1946	24 October 1996	96 years, 182 days
1	النرويج	Lie, TrygveTrygve Lie	16 July 1896	49 years, 201 days 2 February 1946	6 years, 283 days	56 years, 117 days 10 November 1952	30 December 1968	72 years, 167 days
2	السويد	Hammarskjöld, DagDag Hammarskjöld	29 July 1905	47 years, 255 days 10 April 1953	8 years, 162 days	56 years, 51 days 18 September 1961	18 September 1961	56 years, 51 days
3	ميانمار	Thant, U U Thant	22 January 1909	52 years, 285 days 3 November 1961	10 years, 59 days	62 years, 343 days 31 December 1971	25 November 1974	65 years, 307 days
4	النمسا	Waldheim, Kurt Kurt Waldheim	21 December 1918	53 years, 11 days 1 January 1972	10 years, 0 day	63 years, 10 days 31 December 1981	14 June 2007	88 years, 175 days
5	پيرو	Pérez de Cuéllar, Javier Javier Pérez de Cuéllar	19 January 1920	61 years, 347 days 1 January 1982	10 years, 0 day	71 years, 346 days 31 December 1991	4 March 2020	100 years, 45 days
6	مصر	Boutros-Ghali, Boutros Boutros Boutros-Ghali	14 November 1922	69 years, 48 days 1 January 1992	5 years, 0 day	74 years, 47 days 31 December 1996	16 February 2016	93 years, 94 days
7	غانا	Annan, Kofi Kofi Annan	8 April 1938	58 years, 268 days 1 January 1997	10 years, 0 day	68 years, 267 days 31 December 2006	18 August 2018	80 years, 132 days
8	كوريا الجنوبية	Ban, Ki-moon Ban Ki-moon	13 June 1944	62 years, 202 days 1 January 2007	10 years, 0 day	72 years, 201 days 31 December 2016	2024-12-19(living)	80 years, 189 days
9	الپرتغال تيمور الشرقية	Guterres, AntónioAntónio Guterres	30 April 1949	67 years, 246 days 1 January 2017	7 years, 353 days	(incumbent)	2024-12-19(living)	75 years, 233 days

 By regional group

UN Regional Group	Secretaries-General	Terms
WEOG	4	7
Eastern European Group	0	0
GRULAC	1	2
Asia-Pacific Group	3	6
African Group	2	3

 See also

• Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations

 Further reading

• Jodok Troy (2020). "The United Nations Secretary-General as an International Civil Servant". The International History Review. 43(4):906–927.

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 External links

• UN Secretary-General webpage
• How is the Secretary-General appointed?
• Global Policy Forum – UN Secretary-General

أمناء عموم الأمم المتحدة