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Ban Ki-Moon | |
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반기문 (潘基文) | |
 Ban in February 2020 | |
| 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations | |
| In office 1 January 2007 – 31 December 2016 | |
| Deputy | Asha-Rose Migiro Jan Eliasson |
| Preceded by | Kofi Annan |
| Succeeded by | António Guterres |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade | |
| In office 17 January 2004 – 1 December 2006 | |
| President | Roh Moo-hyun |
| Preceded by | Yoon Young-kwan |
| Succeeded by | Song Min-soon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 June 1944 Insei, Japanese Korea (now Eumseong County, South Korea) |
| Political party | Independent |
| Spouse(s) | Yoo Soon-taek |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | Seoul National University (BA) Harvard University (MPA) |
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| Ban Ki-moon | |
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| Hangul | 반기문 |
| Hanja | 潘基文 |
| Revised Romanization | <span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">Ban Gimun |
| McCune–Reischauer | <span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">Pan Kimun |
Ban Ki-moon (Hangul: 반기문; Hanja: 潘基文; born 13 June 1944) is a South Korean diplomat. He was the eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations from 2007 to 2016. He replaced Kofi Annan on 1 January 2007.
Ban was the Foreign Minister of South Korea from January 2004 to November 2006. On October 13, 2006, he was elected to be the eighth Secretary-General by the United Nations General Assembly.
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