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Encyclopedia > Didier Opertti

Didier Opertti Badán (born 1937) was the interior minister of Uruguay from 1995 to 1998 and foreign minister from 1998 until March 1, 2005. He also served as the president of the United Nations General Assembly from 1998 to 1999. As of 2006, he serves as Secretary-General of ALADI. 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Interior Minister is a member of a Cabinet in a Government. ... A minister for foreign affairs, or foreign minister, is a cabinet minister who helps form the governmental foreign policy of a sovereign nation. ... March 1 is the 60th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (61st in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The President of the United Nations General Assembly is a position voted for by representatives in the United Nations General Assembly on a yearly basis. ... The United Nations General Assembly (GA) is one of the five principal organs of the United Nations. ... A number of international organizations and other bodies use the title secretary general or secretary-general for their chief administrative officer. ... The Asociación Latinoamericana de Integración (the Latin American Integration Association; known as ALADI or, occasionally, by the English acronym LAIA) is a Latin American trade integration association, based in Montevideo. ...


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Preceded by
Hennadiy Udovenko
President of the United Nations General Assembly
19981999
Succeeded by
Theo-Ben Gurirab

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