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Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
Javier Felipe Ricardo Pérez de Cuéllar Guerra 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.
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politics · Peruvian diplomat and politician (1920–2020) · politician · diplomat · lawyer · ambassador · university teacher · jurist · head of government · also Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Javier Perez de Cuellar, Cuéllar
Born 19 January 1920 · Died 4 March 2020 · Q1259
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2020· 1 entry
2002· 1 entry
Career landmark: ambassador of Peru to France (2002–2004).
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2001· 1 entry
Went to Paris as Peru's ambassador to France, retiring in 2004
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2000· 2 entries
Career landmark: President of the Council of Ministers of Peru (2000–2001).
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Career landmark: Minister of Foreign Affairs of Peru (2000–2001).
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1998· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctorate of the University of Valladolid (1998).
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1997· 1 entry
Pérez de Cuéllar published his memoir Pilgrimage for Peace in which he recounted his years at the UN
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1992· 1 entry
Won Four Freedoms Award – Freedom Medal (1992).
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1991· 3 entries
Won Presidential Medal of Freedom presented by George H. W. Bush (1991).
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Awarded honorary doctorate of the University of Salamanca (1991).
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Awarded Freedom Award (1991).
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1990· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctorate at the Laval University (1990).
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1988· 2 entries
Awarded Honorary doctor of Leiden University (1988).
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Awarded Olof Palme Prize (1988).
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1987· 3 entries
Awarded honorary citizen of Zagreb (1987).
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Awarded Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding (1987).
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Awarded Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation (1987).
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1984· 1 entry
Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (1984).
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1983· 1 entry
Initiated the World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED) to promote sustainable development
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1982· 2 entries
Won United Nations Peace Medal (1982).
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Career landmark: United Nations Secretary-General (1982–1991).
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1975· 1 entry
Pérez de Cuéllar divorced his first wife and married Marcela Temple Seminario (1933–2013), with whom he had no children
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1973· 1 entry
And 1974, he represented Peru in the UN Security Council, serving as its president at the time of the Cypriot coup d'état in July 1974
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1971· 1 entry
Was appointed permanent representative of Peru to the UN and led his country's delegation in the Assembly until 1975
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1969· 2 entries
Career landmark: ambassador of Peru to Poland (1969–1971).
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Career landmark: ambassador of Peru to the Soviet Union (1969–1971).
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1964· 1 entry
Career landmark: ambassador of Peru to Switzerland (1964–1966).
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1946· 1 entry
And of the delegations to the 25th through 30th sessions of the Assembly
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1940· 1 entry
First as an intern, the diplomatic service itself in 1944, serving after that as a 3rd Secretary at Peru's embassy in France, where he met and married his first wife, Yvette Roberts-Darricau (1922–2013), in 1947
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1920· 1 entry
Born 1920-01-19.
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