Celebrity Birthday; Kofi Annan POLITICIAN

Kofi Annan Facts  

ABOUTGhanaian politician who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations, from 1997 to 2006. He founded the Global AIDS and Health Fund and co-received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2001 for his work with the United Nations.

BEFORE FAMEAfter studying economics at Kumasi College of Science and Technology in Ghana, he earned his masters at MIT.

TRIVIA FACTHis memoir, Interventions: A Life in War and Peace, was published in 2012.

FAMILY LIFEHe is distantly related to Ghanaian footballer, Anthony Annan.

ASSOCIATED WITHHe is a Nobel Prize laureate, much like President Barack Obama.