Eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations (January 2007–December 2016). Throughout his tenure, he sought to mobilize world leaders around a set of new global challenges—from climate change and economic upheaval to pandemics and increasing pressures involving food, energy, and water. He strove to be a bridge-builder, to give voice to the world's poorest and most vulnerable people, and to strengthen the U.N.'s peace efforts, improve humanitarian response, and rejuvenate the disarmament agenda. His landmark achievements include leading the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, and successfully pressing for the creation of U.N. Women. A lifelong diplomat, he was serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Republic of Korea at the time of his election. He currently serves as Chairman of the Ban Ki-moon Foundation for a Better Future, President of the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), Chairman of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA), and Honour Member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).