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-General | Dates in office | Memoirs Title |
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| - | Sir Gladwyn Jebb (acting) |
24 October 1945 – 2 February 1946 | ? |
| 1 | Trygve Halvdan Lie | 2 February 1946 – November 1952 | In the Cause of Peace (first and only publication, 1954) |
| 2 | Dag Hammarskjöld | 10 April 1953 – 18 September 1961 | Vägmärken (Markings) ISBN 0-394-43532-X |
| 3 | U Thant | 3 November 1961 – 31 December 1971 | View from the UN ISBN 0-385-11541-5 |
| 4 | Kurt Waldheim | 1 January 1972 – 31 December 1981 | In the Eye of the Storm ISBN 0-297-78678-4 |
| 5 | Javier Pérez de Cuéllar | 1 January 1982 – 31 December 1991 | Pilgrimage for Peace ISBN 0-312-16486-6 |
| 6 | Boutros Boutros-Ghali | 1 January 1992 – 31 December 1996 | Unvanquished: A U.S.–U.N. Saga ISBN 0-8129-9204-0 |
| 7 | Kofi Annan | 1 January 1997 – 31 December 2006 | Interventions: 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 | ? |
| Secretaries-general of the League of Nations and the United Nations | ||
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| League of Nations (1919–1945) |
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| United Nations (since 1945) |
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| Provisional Secretary-General prior to the election of Trygve Lie. | ||