Kofi Atta Annan Net Worth
Kofi Atta Annan Net Worth is
$16 Million
Kofi Atta Annan Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Kofi Atta Annan (born 8 April 1938) is a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations from January 1997 to December 2006. Annan and the United Nations were the co-recipients of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize "for their work for a better organized and more peaceful world." He is the Chairman of The Elders, a group founded by Nelson Mandela.From February until August 2012, Annan was the UN–Arab League Joint Special Representative for Syria, to help find a resolution to ongoing conflict there. Annan quit after becoming frustrated with the UN's lack of progress with regard to conflict resolution, stating that "when the Syrian people desperately need action, there continues to be finger-pointing and name-calling in the Security Council". | Full Name | Kofi Annan |
| Date Of Birth | April 8, 1938 |
| Place Of Birth | Kumasi, Ghana |
| Height | 5' 9" (1.75 m) |
| Profession | Actor |
| Education | MIT Sloan School of Management |
| Nationality | Ghanaian |
| Spouse | Nane Lagergren |
| Children | Nina, Ama |
| Parents | Henry Reginald Annan, Victoria Annan |
| Siblings | Kobina Annan, Efua Atta, Esi Arthur |
| Awards | Nobel Peace Prize, Indira Gandhi Prize, Profile in Courage Award, J. William Fulbright Prize for International Understanding |
| Nominations | NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work - Biography / Auto-biography |
| Movies | AFR, Peace One Day, A Closer Walk, En Route to Baghdad |
| Star Sign | Aries |
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | When economic conditions are difficult, people tend to be less generous and protect themselves; the question of solidarity doesn't mean much to them at that time. |
| 2 | We cannot wait for governments to do it all. Globalization operates on Internet time. Governments tend to be slow moving by nature, because they have to build political support for every step. |
| 3 | Iraq has a new opportunity to comply with all these relevant resolutions of the Security Council. |
| 4 | The question is the morning after. What sort of Iraq do we wake up to after the bombing? What happens in the region? What impact could it have? These are questions leaders I have spoken to have posed. |
| 5 | Business, labor and civil society organizations have skills and resources that are vital in helping to build a more robust global community. |
| 6 | The United Nations, whose membership comprises almost all the states in the world, is founded on the principle of the equal worth of every human being. |
| 7 | I don't share the view that the ICC is anti-African. The ICC is not putting Africa on trial. The ICC is fighting impunity and individuals who are accused of crimes. |
| 8 | If information and knowledge are central to democracy, they are conditions for development. |
| 9 | We have the means and the capacity to deal with our problems, if only we can find the political will. |
| 10 | If the United Nations does not attempt to chart a course for the world's people in the first decades of the new millennium, who will? |
| 11 | Time and again, when member states and the governments are faced with an insoluble problem, and they're under pressure to do something, that something usually ends up being referred to the U.N. |
| 12 | National markets are held together by shared values and confidence in certain minimum standards. But in the new global market, people do not yet have that confidence. |
| 13 | I urge the Iraqi leadership for sake of its own people... to seize this opportunity and thereby begin to end the isolation and suffering of the Iraqi people. |
| 14 | In the 21st century, I believe the mission of the United Nations will be defined by a new, more profound awareness of the sanctity and dignity of every human life, regardless of race or religion. |
| 15 | More countries have understood that women's equality is a prerequisite for development. |
| 16 | Open markets offer the only realistic hope of pulling billions of people in developing countries out of abject poverty, while sustaining prosperity in the industrialized world. |
| 17 | What governments and people don't realise is that sometimes the collective interest - the international interest - is also the national interest. |
| 18 | There is no development strategy more beneficial to society as a whole - women and men alike - than the one which involves women as central players. |
| 19 | We need to think of the future and the planet we are going to leave to our children and their children. |
| 20 | Many African leaders refuse to send their troops on peace keeping missions abroad because they probably need their armies to intimidate their own populations. |
| 21 | Above all else, we need a reaffirmation of political commitment at the highest levels to reducing the dangers that arise both from existing nuclear weapons and from further proliferation. |
| 22 | If one is going to err, one should err on the side of liberty and freedom. |
| 23 | In the rush for justice it is important not to lose sight of principles the country holds dear. |
| 24 | Unfortunately, very few governments think about youth unemployment when they are drawing up their national plans. |
| 25 | On climate change, we often don't fully appreciate that it is a problem. We think it is a problem waiting to happen. |
| 26 | We must ensure that the global market is embedded in broadly shared values and practices that reflect global social needs, and that all the world's people share the benefits of globalization. |
| 27 | To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there. |
| 28 | More than ever before in human history, we share a common destiny. We can master it only if we face it together. And that, my friends, is why we have the United Nations. |
| 29 | The Lord had the wonderful advantage of being able to work alone. |
| 30 | I have always believed that on important issues, the leaders must lead. Where the leaders fail to lead, and people are really concerned about it, the people will take the lead and make the leaders follow. |
| 31 | We have to choose between a global market driven only by calculations of short-term profit, and one which has a human face. |
| 32 | We need to keep hope alive and strive to do better. |
| 33 | If we can come up with innovations and train young people to take on new jobs, and if we can switch to clean energy, I think we have the capacity to build this world not dependent on fossil-fuel. I think it will happen, and it won't destroy economy. |
| 34 | Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family. |
| 35 | In their greatest hour of need, the world failed the people of Rwanda. |
| 36 | It has been said that arguing against globalization is like arguing against the laws of gravity. |
| 37 | Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It is a precondition for meeting the challenge of reducing poverty, promoting sustainable development and building good governance. |
| 38 | Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development. |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | He will be the commencement speaker at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where he will be awarded an honorary doctorate for his services. [May 2005] |
| 2 | Kofi Annan also has a half-sister, Esi Arthur, who lives in Ghana. In addition, he has three half-nieces and one half-nephew. |
| 3 | Born to Henry Reginald and Victoria Annan in the Konfandros section of Kumasi, Ghana. His twin sister Efua Atta died in 1991. |
| 4 | The literal meaning of the name Kofi Annan is "Born on a Friday" |
| 5 | Jointly received the Nobel Peace Prize with the United Nations "for their work for a better organized and more peaceful work" (10 December 2001). |
| 6 | Earned Bachelor's degree from Macalester College in Minnesota, USA in 1961. |
| 7 | Received Master's degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1972. |
| 8 | Has two children from his first marriage, Koja and Ama. His third child Nina Cronstedt de Groot is from a prior marriage of his second wife Nane Maria. |
| 9 | Re-elected for second term as Secretary General in January 2002. |
| 10 | Elected Secretary General of the United Nations in January 1997. |
| 11 | His wife is Swedish. |
| 12 | His wife, Nane Lagergren, is related to Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who helped thousands of Hungarian Jews escape from the Nazis during World War II. |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The CNBC Conversation | 2014 | TV Series |
Thanks
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Countdown to Zero | 2010 | Documentary very special thanks | |
| Pandemic: Facing AIDS | 2003 | TV Mini-Series documentary special thanks - as Secretary General Kofi Annan |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skavlan | 2015 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The Diplomat | 2015 | Documentary | |
| The CNBC Conversation | 2014 | TV Series | Himself |
| Rwanda: The Untold Story | 2014 | Documentary | Himself |
| Kofi Annan: Insights into a Challenging Decade and the Future of the UN | 2013 | Video | Himself - Panelist |
| This Week | 2013 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Daily Show | 2012 | TV Series | Himself |
| Charlie Rose | 1997-2012 | TV Series | Himself - Guest / Himself |
| Preventing Genocide | 2009 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Planet U.N. | 2009 | Documentary | Himself |
| Lokalzeit Münsterland | 2008 | TV Series | Himself (segment "Hunderte bejubelten Kofi Annan") |
| Diplomacy: The Responsibility to Protect | 2008 | Documentary short | Himself |
| The Blair Years | 2007 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Seven Dumpsters and a Corpse | 2007 | Documentary | Himself (archival footage) (uncredited) |
| 2006 FIFA World Cup | 2006 | TV Mini-Series | Himself (uncredited) |
| CNN Live Today | 2006 | TV Series | Himself |
| Gomorron | 2006 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Empire in Africa | 2006 | Documentary | Himself - Secretary-General of the UN |
| À la maison de verre | 2005 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt | 2004-2005 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Peacekeepers | 2005 | Documentary | Himself |
| En Route to Baghdad | 2005 | Documentary | Himself |
| Breakfast with Frost | 2005 | TV Series | Himself |
| Ellen et le terrorisme | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Peace One Day | 2004 | Documentary | Himself |
| Frontline | 2004 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Head of Peacekeeping, UN |
| BBC World News | 2004 | TV Series | Himself |
| Sabine Christiansen | 2004 | TV Series | |
| ABC World News Tonight with David Muir | 2004 | TV Series | Himself |
| CBS Evening News with Dan Rather | 2004 | TV Series | Himself |
| PBS NewsHour | 2004 | TV Series | Himself |
| A Closer Walk | 2003 | Documentary | Himself |
| Vivement dimanche | 2003 | TV Series | Himself |
| Kofi Annan: Center of the Storm | 2003 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Den gyldne ris | 2002 | TV Special documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | 2001 | TV Special | Himself |
| Nobel Peace Prize Concert | 2001 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
| Thé ou café | 2000 | TV Series | Himself |
| Water: The Drop of Life | 2000 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Jonathan Dimbleby | 1998 | TV Series | Himself |
| Mots croisés | 1998 | TV Series | Himself |
| Kofi Annan: Eye of the Storm | 1998 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| #chicagoGirl: The Social Network Takes on a Dictator | 2013 | Documentary | Himself |
| Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell | 2012 | TV Series | Himself |
| Um-Shmum | 2011 | Documentary | Himself, Secretary-General of the United Nations |
| Jane's Journey | 2010 | Documentary | Himself |
| Afro-Suomen historia | 2010 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Iran and the West | 2009 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Catalunya.cat | 2008 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The O'Reilly Factor | 2007 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Courageous, the Forgotten | 2007 | Documentary | Himself |
| Taking Liberties | 2007 | Documentary | Himself - G8 Summit (uncredited) |
| AFR | 2007 | Himself | |
| The Final Report | 2007 | TV Series documentary | Himself - U.N. Secretary-General |
| La imagen de tu vida | 2006 | TV Series | Himself |
| Broken Promises: The United Nations at 60 | 2005 | Video documentary | Himself |
| ... A Father... A Son... Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Protocols of Zion | 2005 | Documentary | Himself |
| Travels & Traditions | 2005 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Der durstige Planet | 2004 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Danmark i krig | 2004 | TV Movie | Himself - Secretary General, UN |
| World News Now | 2004 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Corporation | 2003 | Documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| Maxima's Miracle | 2003 | TV Movie | Himself (uncredited) |
| Democracy Now! | 2002 | TV Series | Himself |
Known for movies
Peace One Day (2004)
as Himself
Kofi Annan: Center of the Storm (2003)
as Himself
The Empire in Africa (2006)
as Himself - Secretary-General of the UN
The Diplomat (2015)
as Actor