The United Nations organization was established after the World War II, with the purpose of preventing armed conflicts on a large scale. Trygve Lie was elected the first general-secretary in 1946 and stayed in position until 1953. The current general secretary António Guterres has been leading the UN since January 2017.
Secretaries-general of the United Nations from 1946 to 2022
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