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Ban Ki-Moon is the present Secretary General of the United Nations, until 2012, unless he gains another term.

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Ban Ki-Moon is the current Secretary General of the United Nations. His term started on the 1st of January, 2007, and will end of the 31st of December, 2011. On 21-06-2011 he has been elected for second term from 1st January, 2012. He can apply for additional terms, however.

Ban Ki-Moon was the Foreign Minister of South Korea prior to becoming Secretary General.

He was born on the 13th of June, 1944 in Eumseong County of South Korea. He attended Seoul National University, and Harvard University.

All Secretary Generals must speak both English and French. However, there have been questions as to the extent of his knowledge of French. He also speaks German, Japanese and his native Korean.

He beat of competition from Shashi Thaaroor, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nation for Public Information, from India; Vaira VÄ«Ä·e-Freiberga, the President of Latvia, Ashraf Ghani, the Chancellor of Kabul University, Afghanistan, Surakiart Sathirathai, Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand, Prince Zeid bin Ra'ad, Jordan's Ambassador to the UN and Jayantha Dhanapala, the Sri Lankan former Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament.

Ban-Ki-Moon is the current Secretary General of the United Nations.

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Ban Ki-moon.

ban Ki Moon, from Korea

he replaced Ghanaian Kofi Annan in 2007

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There is no such office as Secretary General of the U.S. The current Secretary-General of the United Nations is Ban Ki-moon. If you are referring to the Attorney General of the United States, that would be Eric H. Holder, Jr., as of January 2011.

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The current Secretary-General of the United Nations is Ban Ki-moon. He is the eighth person to hold that position having succeeded Kofi Annan in 2007. Ban Ki-moon is a diplomat from the Republic of Korea (South Korea).

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There is no US Secretary-General. There is a Secretary-General of the United Nations however. As of January 1, 2007, that person has been Ban Ki-moon of South Korea.

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The current Secretary-General of the United Nations is Ban Ki-moon. Ban Ki-moon took office in January of 2007 and is currently serving his second term as Secretary General.

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