FORMER United Nations chief Kofi Annan will be based at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy as a professor from next February.

The 71-year-old, who served as UN secretary-general from 1997 to 2007, will be the first Li Ka Shing professor at the school, dean Kishore Mahbubani announced last night.

He also said that the school will launch its first Chinese-language programme next year - a master's programme in public administration and management targeted at senior Chinese government officials.

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