Javier Pérez de Cuéllar

Javier Felipe Ricardo Pérez de Cuéllar Guerra (, 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.

Awards: Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding, Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George, Olof Palme Prize, Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation, Four Freedoms Award – Freedom Medal, Freedom Award, Grand Cordon of the National Order of the Cedar‎, Grand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic Education: Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, Colegio San Agustín

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