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United Nations Secretary-General

chief administrative officer and head of the United Nations
Intangible position Q81066
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United Nations Secretary-General

Summary

United Nations Secretary-General is a position[1]. It ranks in the top 0.54% of position entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,270 views/month, #19 of 3,525).[2]

Key Facts

  • United Nations Secretary-General's instance of is recorded as position[3].
  • United Nations Secretary-General's official residence is recorded as Headquarters of the United Nations[4].
  • United Nations Secretary-General is a type of diplomat[5].
  • United Nations Secretary-General is a type of general secretary[6].
  • United Nations Secretary-General is part of United Nations Secretariat[7].
  • United Nations Secretary-General's Commons category is recorded as United Nations Secretary-General[8].
  • June 26, 1945 marks the founding of United Nations Secretary-General[9].
  • United Nations Secretary-General's appointed by is recorded as United Nations General Assembly[10].
  • United Nations Secretary-General's official website is recorded as http://www.un.org/sg[11].
  • United Nations Secretary-General's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Secretaries-general of the United Nations[12].
  • United Nations Secretary-General's position holder is recorded as António Guterres[13].
  • United Nations Secretary-General's topic has template is recorded as Template:LN and UN Secretaries-General[14].
  • United Nations Secretary-General's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'United Nations Secretary-General'}[15].
  • United Nations Secretary-General's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'UNSG'}[16].
  • United Nations Secretary-General's term length of position is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5'}[17].
  • United Nations Secretary-General's substitute/deputy/replacement of office/officeholder is recorded as Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations[18].
  • United Nations Secretary-General's has list is recorded as list of United Nations Secretary-Generals[19].
  • United Nations Secretary-General's organization directed by the office or position is recorded as United Nations[20].
  • United Nations Secretary-General's organization directed by the office or position is recorded as United Nations Secretariat[21].
  • United Nations Secretary-General's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'uk', 'text': 'генеральна секретарка ООН'}[22].
  • United Nations Secretary-General's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'Secretària General de les Nacions Unides'}[23].
  • United Nations Secretary-General's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'ku', 'text': 'Sekretera Giştî ya Neteweyên Yekbûyî'}[24].
  • United Nations Secretary-General's male form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'ku', 'text': 'Sekreterê Giştî yê Neteweyên Yekbûyî'}[25].
  • United Nations Secretary-General's base salary is recorded as {'unit': 'Q4917', 'amount': '+227253'}[26].
  • United Nations Secretary-General's nominated by is recorded as United Nations Security Council[27].

Body

Definition and Type

United Nations Secretary-General's instance of is recorded as position[3]. Recorded subclass of include diplomat[5] and general secretary[6].

Origins

June 26, 1945 marks the founding of United Nations Secretary-General[9].

Use and Application

United Nations Secretary-General is part of United Nations Secretariat[7].

Why It Matters

United Nations Secretary-General ranks in the top 0.54% of position entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,270 views/month, #19 of 3,525).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 78 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

António Guterres Ban Ki-moon Boutros Boutros-Ghali Dag Hammarskjöld Gladwyn Jebb Javier Pérez de Cuéllar Kofi Annan Kurt Waldheim Trygve Lie United Nations U Thant

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . un.org. Retrieved . un.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Putnik · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Substitute/deputy/replacement of office/officeholder → Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
    Website → —
    Subclass of → diplomat, general secretary
    Aliases → —
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P7666]]: jungtiniu-tautu-generalinis-sekretorius"
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