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United Nations Secretaries-General
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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.answers.com/topic/united-nations-secretary-general"><DIV class="DsAndEntryName"> <A class="tabTitle" href="http://www.answers.com/library/Columbia%20Encyclopedia-cid-2864200"><SPAN class="tabTitle">Columbia Encyclopedia:</SPAN></A> <SPAN class="hw">United Nations Secretaries-General</SPAN> </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.answers.com/topic/united-nations-secretary-general"><DIV id="ency_0"><TABLE border="1"><CAPTION class="hw">United Nations Secretaries-General</CAPTION><THEAD><TR><TH>Secretary-General</TH><TH>Nationality</TH><TH>Dates in Office</TH></TR></THEAD><TBODY><TR><TD>Trygve Halvdan <A class="ilnk" href="http://www.answers.com/topic/trygve-lie">Lie</A></TD><TD>Norwegian</TD><TD>1946–53</TD></TR><TR><TD>Dag <A class="ilnk" href="http://www.answers.com/topic/dag-hammarskj-ld">Hammarskjöld</A></TD><TD>Swedish</TD><TD>1953–61</TD></TR><TR><TD>U <A class="ilnk" href="http://www.answers.com/topic/u-thant">Thant</A></TD><TD>Burmese</TD><TD>1962–71</TD></TR><TR><TD>Kurt <A class="ilnk" href="http://www.answers.com/topic/kurt-waldheim">Waldheim</A></TD><TD>Austrian</TD><TD>1972–81</TD></TR><TR><TD>Javier <A class="ilnk" href="http://www.answers.com/topic/javier-p-rez-de-cu-llar">Pérez de Cuéllar</A></TD><TD>Peruvian</TD><TD>1982–91</TD></TR><TR><TD>Boutros <A class="ilnk" href="http://www.answers.com/topic/boutros-boutros-ghali">Boutros-Ghali</A></TD><TD>Egyptian</TD><TD>1992–96</TD></TR><TR><TD>Kofi <A class="ilnk" href="http://www.answers.com/topic/kofi-annan">Annan</A></TD><TD>Ghanaian</TD><TD>1997–2006</TD></TR><TR><TD><A class="ilnk" href="http://www.answers.com/topic/ban-ki-moon">Ban Ki-Moon</A></TD><TD>South Korean</TD><TD>2007–</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; 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