List of Secretary-General of the United Nations memoirs

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The United Nations Secretary-General is the head of the Secretariat, one of the principal divisions of the United Nations. Many of the individuals who have served as the world body's top office have written memoirs, either before, during or after their terms of office (service).

#Secretary-GeneralDates in officeMemoirs Title
- Sir Gladwyn Jebb
(acting)
24 October 1945 2 February 1946?
1 Trygve Halvdan Lie 2 February 1946 November 1952In the Cause of Peace (first and only publication, 1954)
2 Dag Hammarskjöld 10 April 1953 18 September 1961Vägmärken (Markings)
ISBN   0-394-43532-X
3 U Thant 3 November 1961 31 December 1971View from the UN
ISBN   0-385-11541-5
4 Kurt Waldheim 1 January 1972 31 December 1981In the Eye of the Storm
ISBN   0-297-78678-4
5 Javier Pérez de Cuéllar 1 January 1982 31 December 1991Pilgrimage for Peace
ISBN   0-312-16486-6
6 Boutros Boutros-Ghali 1 January 1992 31 December 1996Unvanquished: A U.S.–U.N. Saga
ISBN   0-8129-9204-0
7 Kofi Annan 1 January 1997 31 December 2006Interventions: A Life in War in Peace
ISBN   978-159420420-3
8 Ban Ki-moon 1 January 2007 31 December 2016?
9 António Guterres 1 January 2017 Incumbent?

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