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Javier Pérez de Cuéllar

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Javier Pérez de Cuéllar

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Also known as Javier Perez de Cuellar

5th Secretary-General of the United Nations (1920-2020)

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Javier Pérez de Cuéllar was a Peruvian diplomat who served as the fifth Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1982 to 1991, making him one of the organization's top leaders during a critical period of the Cold War's end. His tenure mattered because he helped navigate international diplomacy during major global transitions and conflicts, including wars and humanitarian crises that required the UN's attention and intervention.

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Instance of
human
Given name
Ricardo
Gender
male
Citizenship
Peru
Place of birth
Lima
Place of death
Lima
Occupation
lawyer
Employer
United Nations
Political party
Union for Peru
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
Spanish
Religion
Catholicism
Field of work
international law
Image
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar (1982).jpg
Number of children
2
Residence
Lima
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Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
date of birth
1920-01-19
name in native language
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
described by source
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
on focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject Human rights
member of
Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques
date of death
2020-03-04
manner of death
natural causes
birth name
Javier Felipe Ricardo Pérez de Cuéllar y de la Guerra
place of burial
Presbítero Matias Maestro
subject has role
centenarian
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Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
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Encyclopedic overview

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.

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