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Also Known As Kofi Atta Annan
Born April 8, 1938 • Kumasi • Gold Coast
Died August 18, 2018 (aged 80) • Bern • Switzerland
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (2001)

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United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan seated in a suit, looking at the camera, with a United Nations emblem visible in the background.
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan smiles and shakes hands with Jane Goodall, who holds a plush chimpanzee, at UN Headquarters in New York.
Secretary-General Kofi Annan stands at the center of a large crowd of Albanian refugees and media at the Stenkovec I camp in Macedonia, with tents and mountains in the background.
Kofi Annan (right) meeting with Ted Turner (centre)
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