Kofi Annan

Kofi Annan
Born	1938-04-08 Comassie, Gold Coast
Nationality	Ghanaian
Alma mater	Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Macalester College, The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, MIT Sloan School of Management
Religion	Protestantism
Children	• Kojo • Ama Nina
Spouse	Titi Alakija
Founder of	Kofi Annan Foundation
Member of	Council on Foreign Relations/Global Board of Advisors, Global Commission on Drug Policy, JP Morgan Chase/International Council, Macro Advisory Partners/Board, WEF/Board of Trustees
Secretary-General of the United Nations In office 1 January 1997 - 31 December 2006 Deputy Mark Malloch Brown Preceded by Boutros Boutros-Ghali Succeeded by Ban Ki-moon  United Nations and Arab League Envoy to Syria In office 23 February 2012 - 31 August 2012

Career

Now working for Macro Advisory Partners.

 

An appointment by Kofi Annan

Appointee	Job	Appointed	End
Louise Arbour	UN/High Commissioner for Human Rights	1 July 2004	31 August 2008

 

Events Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Munich Security Conference/2015	6 February 2015	8 February 2015	Germany Munich Bavaria	"400 high-ranking decision-makers in international politics, including some 20 heads of state and government as well as more than 60 foreign and defence ministers, met in Munich to discuss current crises and conflicts."
Munich Security Conference/2016	12 February 2016	14 February 2016	Germany Munich Bavaria	The 52nd Munich Security Conference
Munich Security Conference/2018	12 February 2018	14 February 2018	Germany Munich Bavaria	The 54th Munich Security Conference
WEF/Annual Meeting/2004	21 January 2004	25 January 2004	World Economic Forum Switzerland	2068 billionaires, CEOs and their politicians and "civil society" leaders met under the slogan Partnering for Prosperity and Security. "We have the people who matter," said World Economic Forum Co-Chief Executive Officer José María Figueres.
WEF/Annual Meeting/2006	25 January 2006	29 January 2006	Switzerland	Both former US president Bill Clinton and Bill Gates pushed for public-private partnerships. Only a few of the over 2000 participants are known.
WEF/Annual Meeting/2008	23 January 2008	27 January 2008	World Economic Forum Switzerland	At the 2008 summit, Klaus Schwab called for a coordinated approach, where different 'stakeholders' collaborate across geographical, industrial, political and cultural boundaries."
WEF/Annual Meeting/2009	23 January 2009	27 January 2009	World Economic Forum Switzerland	Chairman Klaus Schwab outlined five objectives driving the Forum’s efforts to shape the global agenda, including letting the banks that caused the 2008 economic crisis keep writing the rules, the climate change agenda, over-national government structures, taking control over businesses with the stakeholder agenda, and a "new charter for the global economic order".
WEF/Annual Meeting/2013	23 January 2013	27 January 2013	World Economic Forum Switzerland	2500 mostly unelected leaders met to discuss "leading through adversity"
WEF/Annual Meeting/2014	22 January 2014	25 January 2014	World Economic Forum Switzerland	2604 guests in Davos considered "Reshaping The World"
WEF/Annual Meeting/2016	20 January 2016	23 January 2016	World Economic Forum Switzerland	Attended by over 2500 people, both leaders and followers, who were explained how the Fourth Industrial Revolution would changed everything, including being a "revolution of values".

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