The Resume

(January 22, 1909-November 25, 1974)
Third UN Secretary-General (November 3, 1961-December 31, 1971)

Why he might be annoying:

His real first name is Sithu.
He received honorary degrees from over thirty universities.

Why he might not be annoying:

He had the longest tenure of any secretary general.
He was the first non-European Secretary-General.
He was the emergency replacement when Dag Hammarskjold was killed in an air crash (September 1961).
He graduated the University College at Rangoon.
He worked to bring peace to Vietnam, making a public proposal (March 28, 1967).
He taught and became headmaster of a school in Burma.
He won first place in the Anglo-Vernacular Secondary Teachership Examination.
He is Secretary to the Government of Burma Ministry of Information (1953).
He was Burma's Ambassador to the U.N. (1957-1961).
United Nations Secretary-Generals:
1. Trygve Lie of Norway (1946-1952)
2. Dag Hammarskjold of Sweden (1953-1961)
3. U Thant of Myanmar (1961-1971)
4. Kurt Waldheim of Austria (1972-1981)
5. Javier Perez de Cuellar of Peru (1982-1991)
6. Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt (1992-1996)
7. Kofi Annan of Ghana (1997- )

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Asian Men Loved by Whites
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [January] (Ranked: 1221909)
• Gallup/CNN/USA Today's Most Admired Men [1966] (Ranked: 6)
• Gallup/CNN/USA Today's Most Admired Person - According to 70 World Leaders [1971] (Ranked: 5)
• I Attended John F. Kennedy's Funeral [November 25, 1963]
• I Died in 1974 (Ranked: 65)
• Insect Names
• Look at My Flag
• Profiles 7001-7250 (Ranked: 7106)
• Teachers
• U.N. Secretary Generals (Ranked: 3)
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 19741125)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 4 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 15 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 18 Votes: 72.22% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 15 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 64 Votes: 68.75% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 29 Votes: 65.52% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 39 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 71 Votes: 64.79% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 119 Votes: 47.90% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 172 Votes: 55.23% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 247 Votes: 63.16% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 439 Votes: 55.81% Annoying