Kurt Waldheim
Kurt Waldheim | |
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Waldheim in 1981 | |
| 4th Secretary-General of the United Nations | |
| In office 1 January 1972 – 31 December 1981 | |
| Preceded by | Thant |
| Succeeded by | Javier Pérez de Cuéllar |
| 8th President of Austria | |
| In office 8 July 1986 – 8 July 1992 | |
| Chancellor | Franz Vranitzky |
| Preceded by | Rudolf Kirchschläger |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Klestil |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 19 January 1968 – 21 April 1970 | |
| Chancellor | Josef Klaus |
| Preceded by | Lujo Tončić-Sorinj |
| Succeeded by | Rudolf Kirchschläger |
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| Born | 21 December 1918 Sankt Andrä-Wördern, Lower Austria, Republic of German-Austria |
| Died | 14 June 2007 (aged 88) Vienna, Austria |
| Political party | ÖVP |
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| Children | 3 |
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| Rank | Oberleutnant |
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| Battles/wars | World War II |
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Kurt Josef Waldheim (21 December 1918 – 14 June 2007) was an Austrian politician and diplomat. Waldheim was the secretary-general of the United Nations from 1972 to 1981 and the president of Austria from 1986 to 1992. While he was running for the latter office in the 1986 election, the revelation of his service in Greece and Yugoslavia during World War II, and of his knowledge of Nazi atrocities as an intelligence officer in Nazi Germany's Wehrmacht, raised international controversy.