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Secretary-General, United Nations
- Age: 69
- Residence: Geneva, Switzerland
- Country of Citizenship: South Korea
- Education: Master of Arts, Harvard University
- Marital Status: Married
- Children: 3
Profile
As Secretary General of the 193-member international organization, South
Korean Ban has helped strengthened the UN's peacekeeping efforts,
philanthropic ventures and worldwide hunger initiatives. Now in his
second term, the measured and conservative Ban will head up the
organization through 2016.