Ghanaian diplomat who led the United Nations, 联合国, as Secretary-General from 1997 to 2006, the first from sub-Saharan Africa, and shared the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize with it.
As a place name, 安南 goes back to the Tang 安南都护府, set up in 679 with its seat in today's Hanoi; the name literally means 'pacified south'. In modern news, 安南 on its own almost always means Kofi Annan.
