Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar | |
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Pérez de Cuéllar in 1982 | |
| 5th Secretary-General of the United Nations | |
| In office 1 January 1982 – 31 December 1991 | |
| Preceded by | Kurt Waldheim |
| Succeeded by | Boutros Boutros-Ghali |
| Prime Minister of Peru | |
| In office 22 November 2000 – 28 July 2001 | |
| President | Valentín Paniagua |
| Preceded by | Federico Salas |
| Succeeded by | Roberto Dañino |
| Minister of Foreign Relations | |
| In office 22 November 2000 – 28 July 2001 | |
| Prime Minister | Himself |
| Preceded by | Fernando de Trazegnies |
| Succeeded by | Diego García-Sayán |
| Ambassador of Peru | |
| 1964–1966 | Ambassador to Switzerland |
| 1969–1971 | Ambassador to the Soviet Union and Poland |
| 1977–1979 | Ambassador to Venezuela |
| 2001–2004 | Ambassador to France |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Javier Felipe Ricardo Pérez de Cuéllar Guerra 19 January 1920 Lima, Peru |
| Died | 4 March 2020 (aged 100) Lima, Peru |
| Party | Union for Peru (from 1994) |
| Spouses | |
| Children | 2 (by Roberts-Darricau) |
| Alma mater | Pontifical Catholic University of Peru |
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Javier Felipe Ricardo Pérez de Cuéllar Guerra (/ˈpɛrɛs də ˈkweɪjɑːr/, Spanish: [xaˈβjeɾ ˈpeɾes ðe ˈkweʝaɾ]; 19 January 1920 – 4 March 2020) was a Peruvian diplomat and politician who served as the fifth secretary-general of the United Nations from 1982 to 1991. He later served as prime minister of Peru from 2000 to 2001.
His two terms as secretary-general coincided with the final decade of the Cold War, and he engaged in efforts to address the Iran–Iraq War, the Western Sahara conflict, the Cyprus problem, Namibian independence under the Tripartite Accord, the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Gulf War, and the opening of the Croatian War of Independence.
Pérez de Cuéllar was a member of the Club of Madrid, a group of former heads of state and government, and the Inter-American Dialogue.