Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
5th Secretary-General of the United Nations (1920-2020) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Javier Felipe Ricardo Pérez de Cuéllar y de la Guerra (January 19, 1920 – March 4, 2020) was a Peruvian diplomat who served as the 5th Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) from 1982 to 1991. From 2000 to 2001, he served as the 135th prime minister of Peru.
This article includes a list of references or other websites, but its sources remain unclear because it does not have enough inline citations. (March 2020) |
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar | |
---|---|
5th Secretary-General of the United Nations | |
In office January 1, 1982 – December 31, 1991 | |
Preceded by | Kurt Waldheim |
Succeeded by | Boutros Boutros-Ghali |
Prime Minister of Peru | |
In office November 25, 2000 – July 28, 2001 | |
President | Valentín Paniagua |
Preceded by | Federico Salas |
Succeeded by | Roberto Dañino Zapata |
Minister of Foreign Relations | |
In office November 25, 2000 – July 28, 2001 | |
President | Valentín Paniagua |
Prime Minister | Javier Pérez de Cuéllar |
Preceded by | Fernando de Trazegnies |
Succeeded by | Diego García Sayán |
Ambassador of Peru to France | |
In office 2002 – 31 December 2004 | |
Ambassador of Peru to Poland | |
In office 1969–1971 | |
Ambassador of Peru to the Soviet Union | |
In office 1969–1971 | |
Ambassador of Peru to Switzerland | |
In office 1964–1966 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Javier Felipe Ricardo Pérez de Cuéllar y de la Guerra (1920-01-19)January 19, 1920 Lima, Peru |
Died | March 4, 2020(2020-03-04) (aged 100) Lima, Peru |
Nationality | Peruvian |
Spouse(s) | Yvette Roberts-Darricau (m. 1947, divorced) Marcela Temple Seminario (m. 1975; died 2013) |
Children | 2 (by Roberts-Darricau) |
Profession | Diplomacy |
In 1995, he ran unsuccessfully against Alberto Fujimori for President of Peru. He was the president of the Council of Ministers (Prime Minister), as well as Minister of Foreign Affairs, between November 2000 and July 2001, during the unstable period following Fujimori's resignation over corruption charges. In 2004, he stepped down from his position as Peru's ambassador to France.
From the death of Kurt Waldheim in 2007 until his own death in 2020, Pérez de Cuéllar was the oldest-living former secretary-general of the UN.