Former UN chief Perez de Cuellar dies aged 100

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The Peruvian served as secretary general from 1981 to 1991. FMTNews

Perez de Cuellar was known for his peace-making efforts, including brokering a ceasefire in the Iran-Iraq war.

Lauded by his countrymen as one of the most illustrious Peruvians of his era, Perez de Cuellar led the United Nations through a period marked by the fight against world hunger, the eight-year war between Iran and Iraq, as well as the civil war in US-supported El Salvador which led to UN-mediated peace talks.

In 1997, informants revealed that Perez de Cuellar had been subject to systematic surveillance and phone tapping during the campaign, ordered by the head of Fujimori’s intelligence services, Vladimiro Montesinos. After the election of President Alejandro Toledo in 2001, Perez de Cuellar was appointed ambassador to France.

The career diplomat’s son and daughter are from his first marriage, along with six grandchildren. He and his second wife, Marcela Temple, had no children.

 

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