Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
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'''Javier Felipe Ricardo Pérez de Cuéllar Guerra'''{{Family name footnote|Pérez de Cuéllar|Guerra|lang= |
'''Javier Felipe Ricardo Pérez de Cuéllar Guerra'''{{Family name footnote|Pérez de Cuéllar|Guerra|lang=Hispanic American}} ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|ɛr|ɛ|s|_|d|ə|_|ˈ|k|w|eɪ|j|ɑr}},{{Cite dictionary |url=https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/perez-de-cuellar |title=Pérez de Cuéllar |dictionary=[[Collins English Dictionary]] |access-date=2022-01-13}} {{IPA|es|xaˈβjeɾ ˈpeɾes ðe ˈkweʝaɾ|lang}}; 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. |
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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 (1988)|Tripartite Accord]], the [[Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan]], the [[Gulf War]], and the opening of the [[Croatian War of Independence]]. |
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 (1988)|Tripartite Accord]], the [[Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan]], the [[Gulf War]], and the opening of the [[Croatian War of Independence]]. |
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