Trygve Lie is the first Secretary General of United Nations. Current Secretary General is António Guterres. Guterres is the ninth UN Secretary general. A UN Secreatry General is appointed for a term of five years.
The official residence of UN Secretary General is in Sutton place, Manhattan.
The official residence of UN Secretary General is in Sutton place, Manhattan.
| Name | Country | Term | UN-Regional Group |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trygve Lie | Norway | 1946-1952 | Western European and Others Group (WEOG) |
| Dag Hammarskjöld | Sweden | 1953-1961 | Western European and Others Group (WEOG) |
| U Thant | Myanmar | 1961-1971 | Asia-Pacific Group |
| Kurt Waldheim | Austria | 1971-1982 | Western European and Others Group (WEOG) |
| Javier Perez de Cuellar | Peru | 1982-1991 | Latin American and Caribbean Group(GRULAC) |
| Boutros Boutros-Ghali | Egypt | 1992-1996 | African Group |
| Kofi Annan | Ghana | 1997-2006 | African Group |
| Ban Ki-moon | Korea | 2007- 2017 | Asia-Pacific Group |
| António Guterres | Portugal | 2017-present | Western European and Others Group(WEOG) |
