It is necessary to know about the tenure of Secretary Generals of the United Nations. UGC NET Political Science paper is often asked tenure and chronological order of Secretary Generals for this point of view we will show their chronology and further discuss on questions that were asked in previous years
•Gladwyn Jebb (United Kingdom), served as Acting Secretary-General from October 1945 - February 1946
1)Trygve Lie (Norway)
Feb 1946- Apr 1953
2)Dag Hammarskjöld (Sweden)
Apr 1953- Sep 1961
3)U Thant (Myanmar)
Nov 1962- Dec 1971
4)Kurt Waldheim (Austria)
Jan 1972- Dec 1981
5)Javier Pérez de Cuellar (Peru)
Jan 1982- Dec 1991
6)Boutros Boutros Ghali (Egypt)
Jan 192- Dec 1996
7)Kofi Annan (Ghana)
Jan 1997- Dec 2006
8)Ban Ki-Moon ( South Korea)
Jan 2007- Dec 2016
9)António Guterres (Portugal)
Jan 2017- present
PREVIOUS YEARS QUESTIONS:
1) Identify the correct chronological order of the following who held the office of Secretary Generals of United Nations (NET JUNE 2005)
A)Kurt Waldhiem
B)Dag Hammarskjold
C)U Thant
D) Boutros Boutros Ghali
2)Identify the correct chronological order of the following personalities, who held the office of Secretary Generals of United Nations: (NET JUNE 2006)
A)Dag Hammarskjold, Trygve Lie, U Thant, Kurt Waldhiem
B)Trygve Lie, U Thant, Kurt Waldhiem, Dag Hammarskjold
C)U Thant, Kurt Waldhiem, Dag Hammarskjold, Trygve Lie
D) Trygve Lie, Dag Hammarskjold, U Thant, Kurt Waldhiem
3)Arrange the following Secretary-Generals of UNO in order in which they were appointed: (NET JUNE 2009)
A)U Thant
B)Kurt Waldhiem
C)Trygve Lie
D)Dag Hammarskjold
4)Match List 1 with List 2 and select the correct answer using the codes given below:
(NET JULY 2016)
List 1 List 2
(Secretary General) (Tenure)
A)Kofi Annan Jan1972- Dec1981
B) Boutros Boutros Jan1982- Dec1991
Ghali
C)Javier Perez de Jan1997- Dec2006
Cueller
D)Kurt Waldhiem Jan1992- Dec1996
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