Peru (1971-1972)

Ambassador Javier Perez de Cuellar (Peru), a former Permanent Representative to the United Nations, served as Under-Secretary-General for Special Political Affairs in 1979 and served two terms as U.N. Secretary-General during 1982-1992. A career diplomat from the Peruvian foreign service, he also headed his country’s diplomatic missions in Switzerland, the former Soviet Union, Poland and Venezuela. Perez de Cuellar is holder of several decorations and recipient of various prizes and distinctions.