Country: Sweden
Tenure: 1953-1961
Biography: http://www.un.org/News/ossg/sg/stories/hammarskjold_bio.asp
Current Positions:
Past Positions:

UN Secretary-General (1953-1961)
Acting Chairman of Sweden’s delegation to the Seventh General Assembly in New York (1952-1953)
Vice-Chairman of the Swedish Delegation to the Sixth Regular Session of the United Nations General Assembly in Paris (1951-1952)
Vice-Chairman of the OEEC Executive Committee
Joined Swedish Cabinet as Minister becoming the Deputy Foreign Minister (1951)
Chairman […]

Country: Norway
Tenure: 1946-1952
Biography: http://www.un.org/News/ossg/sg/stories/trygvelie_bio.asp
Past Positions:

Mediator of the border dispute between Ethiopia and Italy, over the former Italian colony, Somalia (1959)
Chairman of Norway’s Board of Energy
Governor of Oslo and Akershus (1955)
UN Secretary-General (1946-1952) - elected the first Secretary-General of the United Nations (1 February 1946)
Chairman of the Norwegian delegation to the United Nations General Assembly […]

Nominated on 15 September 2006 by Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. Click here to read her statement upon her nomination.
Candidacy withdrawn in a statement on 5 October 2006.
Country: Latvia
Areas of Expertise: Click here for official biography
Past Initiatives/Past Policy Agenda: Worked to establish a Western-style democracy and market economy in Latvia while serving as president
Education: […]

(candidacy reported in the media)
Country: Turkey
Current Positions:

Administrator of UNDP (2005-present)

Education

PhD Department of Economics, Princeton University (1973)
B.Sc. First Class Honors and M.Sc. Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science (1968, 1970)

Past Positions

Member of Parliament ( Turkey)
Minister of Economic Affairs (2001-2002)
Vice-President of the World Bank (1996-2002)
Faculty, Princeton University (1976-78)

General Information

In 1978 he began the […]

(candidacy reported in the media)
Country : Jordan
Areas of Expertise :
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Current Positions

Permanent representative to the UN (2000-present)

Education

BA in political science from Johns Hopkins University
PhD in history from Cambridge University (Christ’s College).

Past Positions

President of Assembly of States Parties for the International Criminal Court
Deputy permanent representative to the UN (1996-2000)
Political affairs officer with […]

(has expressed interest in the position)
Country: Poland
Areas of Expertise:

Current Positions:

Outgoing President of Poland (end of second term 31, December 2005)

Education:

Studied transport economics and foreign trade at the University of GdaEsk between 1973-77 (he did not graduate)

Past Positions:

Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee and Chairman of the Constitutional Committee of the National Assembly (1993-1995)

General Information:

Co-author of […]

(official candidate – nominated by home government)
Country: South Korea
Areas of Expertise:
Current Positions:

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade (2004-present)

Education:

M.A. in Public Administration, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
B.A. in International Relations, Seoul National University

Past Positions:

Presidential Advisor for Foreign Affairs (2003-04)
Ambassador to the United Nations (Chef de Cabinet of the […]

NEW Tharoor’s Responses to Candidate Questionnaire (27 August 2006)

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http://www.shashitharoor.com/index.shtml
(Candidacy withdrawn in a statement on 2 October)
Country: India
Areas of Expertise: peacekeeping, refugees
Current Positions:

Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information,
Head of Department of Public Information (since 2001)
United Nations Coordinator for […]

NEW Dhanapala’s Responses to Candidate Questionnaire (21 August 2006)
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http://www.jayanthadhanapala.info/ehome.html
(Candidacy withdrawn by government of Sri Lanka on 28 September)
Country: Sri Lanka
Areas of Expertise: Disarmament
Current Positions:

Secretary-General of the Secretariat for the Coordinating of the Peace Process in Sri Lanka […]

Surakiart Sathirathai
(official candidate b