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Javier Pérez de Cuéllar

Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
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Pérez de Cuéllar in 2008.
5th Secretary-General of the United Nations
In office
January 1, 1982 – December 31, 1991
Preceded by Kurt Waldheim
Succeeded by Boutros Boutros-Ghali
135th Prime Minister of Peru
In office
November 22, 2000 – July 28, 2001
President Valentín Paniagua
Preceded by Federico Salas
Succeeded by Roberto Dañino Zapata
Personal details
Born Javier Felipe Ricardo Pérez de Cuéllar y de la Guerra
(1920-01-19) January 19, 1920 (age 97)
Lima, Peru
Nationality Peruvian
Spouse(s) Ivette Roberts (1922-2013)
Marcela Temple Seminario (1933-2013)
Religion Catholicism

Javier Felipe Ricardo Pérez de Cuéllar y de la Guerra KCMG ([xaˈβjeɾ ˈperez ðe ˈkweʝaɾ]; born January 19, 1920) is a Peruvian diplomat who served as the fifth Secretary-General of the United Nations from January 1, 1982 to December 31, 1991. He ran unsuccessfully against Alberto Fujimori for President of Peru in 1995 and following Fujimori's resignation over corruption charges, he was Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs from November 2000 until July 2001. In September 2004, he stepped down from his position as Peru's Ambassador to France, where he formerly resided. He is also a member of the Club de Madrid, a group of more than 100 former Presidents and Prime Ministers of democratic countries, which works to strengthen democracy worldwide. At age 97, Pérez de Cuéllar is currently the oldest living former Peruvian prime minister and the oldest living former Secretary General of the United Nations.

Javier Pérez de Cuéllar was born on January 19, 1920 in Lima. He studied in Colegio San Agustín of Lima, and then at Pontifical Catholic University of Peru.

Pérez de Cuéllar joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1940 and the diplomatic service in 1944, serving subsequently as Secretary at Peru's embassy in France, where he met and married his first wife, Yvette Roberts (died 2013). He also held posts in the United Kingdom, Bolivia, and Brazil, and later served as ambassador to Switzerland, the Soviet Union, Poland, and Venezuela. From his first marriage, he has a son, Francisco, born in Paris, and a daughter, Agueda Cristina, born in London.


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