TIME 10 Questions: TIME Magazine Interviews: Kofi Annan

Kofi Atta Annan (/kəʊfɪ ɑˈnɑn/;born 8 April 1938) is a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1 January 1997 to 31 December 2006. Annan and the United Nations were the co-recipients of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize for his founding the Global AIDS and Health Fund to support developing countries in their struggle to care for their people.