UN Secretaries General
Below is the list of UN Secretaries General with detail like appointed year, secretary name and from nation. The Secretary-General of the United Nations is the head of the Secretariat, one of the principal organs of the United Nations. The Secretary-General also acts as the de facto spokesperson and leader of the United Nations.
| Year | Name | Dates in office | Nation |
| 1945 | Gladwyn Jebb | 24 October 1945 – 1 February 1946 | United Kingdom |
| 1946 | Trygve Lie | 1 February 1946 – 10 November 1952 | Norway |
| 1953 | Dag Hammarskjold | 10 April 1953 – 18 September 1961 | Sweden |
| 1961 | U Thant | 30 November 1961 – 31 December 1971 | Burma |
| 1972 | Kurt Waldheim | 1 January 1972 – 31 December 1981 | Austria |
| 1982 | Javier Peres De Cuellar | 1 January 1982 – 31 December 1991 | Peru |
| 1992 | Dr. Boutros Boutros Ghali | 1 January 1992 – 31 December 1996 | Egypt |
| 1997 | Kofi Annan | 1 January 1997 – 31 December 2006 | Ghana |
| 2007 | Ban-Ki-Moon | 1 January 2007– present | South Korea |
The United Nations is unofficially divided into five geopolitical regional groupings. Depending on the UN context, regional groups control elections to UN-related positions, dividing up the pie on the basis of geographic representation, as well as coordinate substantive policy, and form common fronts for negotiations and voting.
| UN Regional Group | Secretaries-General | Terms |
| Western European and Others | 4 | 7 |
| Eastern European Group | 0 | 0 |
| Latin American and Caribbean Group | 1 | 2 |
| Asian Group | 2 | 3 |
| African Group | 2 | 3 |
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