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Born Apr 8, 1938 · Kumasi, Ghana
Awards: Nobel Peace Prize, Kora Awards, Order of the Star of Ghana, Grand Cross of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria, Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Gottlieb Duttweiler Prize, Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
Kofi Atta Annan (8 April 1938 – 18 August 2018) was a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh secretary-general of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006. Annan and the UN were the co-recipients of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize.