Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
| Javier Pérez de Cuéllar | |
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Pérez de Cuéllar in 2008.
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| 5th Secretary-General of the United Nations | |
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In office January 1, 1982 – December 31, 1991 |
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| Preceded by | Kurt Waldheim |
| Succeeded by | Boutros Boutros-Ghali |
| 135th Prime Minister of Peru | |
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In office November 22, 2000 – July 28, 2001 |
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| President | Valentín Paniagua |
| Preceded by | Federico Salas |
| Succeeded by | Roberto Dañino Zapata |
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Javier Felipe Ricardo Pérez de Cuéllar y de la Guerra January 19, 1920 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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