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Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
1920 – 2020 · aged 100
5th Secretary-General of the United Nations (1920-2020)
- Born
- 19 Jan 1920 · Lima
- Died
- 4 Mar 2020 · Lima
Life timeline
Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.
- 19 Jan 1920BornBorn in Lima
- 1964 – 1966RoleAmbassador of Peru to Switzerland
- 1969 – 1971RoleAmbassador of Peru to Poland
- 1969 – 1971RoleAmbassador of Peru to the Soviet Union
- 1982 – 1991RoleUnited Nations Secretary-General
- 1982AwardUnited Nations Peace Medal
- 1983AwardHonorary doctorate from the University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis
- 1984AwardGrand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic
- 1984AwardHonorary doctorate of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- 1985AwardHonorary doctorate from University of Paris-II
- 1987AwardHonorary citizen of Zagreb
- 1987AwardJawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding
- 1987AwardPrincess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation
- 1988AwardHonorary doctor of Leiden University
- 1988AwardOlof Palme Prize
- 1990AwardHonorary doctorate from University of Bordeaux-I
- 1990AwardHonorary doctorate at the Laval University
- 2000 – 2001RoleMinister of Foreign Affairs of Peru
- 2000 – 2001RolePresident of the Council of Ministers of Peru
- 2002 – 2004RoleAmbassador of Peru to France
- 4 Mar 2020DiedDied in Lima
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1920 – 2020).
- 1920Treaty of Versailles
- 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
- 19341934 FIFA World Cup
- 19361936 Summer Olympics
- 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
- 19381938 FIFA World Cup
- 1938Munich Agreement
- 1939 – 1940Winter War
- 1939 – 1945World War II
- 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
- 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
- 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
- 1941Operation Barbarossa
- 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
- 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
- 19501950 FIFA World Cup
- 1950 – 1953Korean War
- 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
- 19541954 FIFA World Cup
- 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
- 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
- 1956Suez Crisis
- 19581958 FIFA World Cup
- 1959Antarctic Treaty System
- 19621962 FIFA World Cup
- 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
- 19661966 FIFA World Cup
- 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
- 1968Prague Spring
- 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
- 19721972 Summer Olympics
- 19741974 FIFA World Cup
- 19781978 FIFA World Cup
- 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
- 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
- 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
- 19841984 Summer Olympics
- 1985Schengen Agreement
- 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
Biography
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.
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