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Uruguayan political figure and lawyer (born 1937)

Opertti in 2005

**Didier Opertti Badán** (born 23 April 1937) is a [Uruguayan](/source/Uruguay) political figure and lawyer.

## Political offices in Uruguay

### Interior Minister

Opertti served as the [interior minister](/source/Ministry_of_the_Interior_(Uruguay)) of [Uruguay](/source/Uruguay) from 1995 to 1998 in the government of [Julio María Sanguinetti](/source/Julio_Mar%C3%ADa_Sanguinetti).

### Foreign minister

Opertti subsequently served as [Minister of Foreign Relations](/source/Ministry_of_Foreign_Relations_(Uruguay)) under both Presidents Sanguinetti and subsequently [Jorge Batlle](/source/Jorge_Batlle) from 1998 until 1 March 2005.

## Other offices

He served as the [president of the United Nations General Assembly](/source/President_of_the_United_Nations_General_Assembly) from 1998 to 1999.

As of 2006, he serves as [Secretary-General](/source/Secretary-General) of [ALADI](/source/ALADI).

## See also

- [Politics of Uruguay](/source/Politics_of_Uruguay)

## External links

- (in Spanish) [Biography](https://web.archive.org/web/19991005144126/http://serpiente.dgsca.unam.mx/cinu/ag/ag1.htm)

- [Interview](https://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/1998/issue4/498p7.htm) *([United Nations Chronicle](/source/United_Nations_Chronicle))*

Diplomatic posts Preceded by Hennadiy Udovenko President of the United Nations General Assembly 1998–1999 Succeeded by Theo-Ben Gurirab

v t e Presidents of the United Nations General Assembly 1940s Spaak ( BEL) Aranha ( BRA) Arce ( ARG) Evatt ( AUS) Rómulo ( PHI) 1950s Entezam ( IRI) Nervo ( MEX) Pearson ( CAN) Pandit ( IND) Van Kleffens ( NED) Maza ( CHI) Ortega ( CHI) Wan ( THA) Munro ( NZL) C. Malik ( LIB) Belaúnde ( PER) 1960s Boland ( IRL) Slim ( TUN) Khan ( PAK) Rodriguez ( VEN) Quaison-Sackey ( GHA) Fanfani ( ITA) Pazhwak ( AFG) Mănescu ( ROM) Catalán ( GUA) Brooks ( LBR) 1970s Hambro ( NOR) A. Malik ( INA) Trepczyński ( POL) Benites ( ECU) Bouteflika ( ALG) Thorn ( LUX) Amerasinghe ( SRI) Mojsov ( YUG) Liévano ( COL) Salim ( TAN) 1980s Von Wechmar ( BRD) Kittani ( IRQ) Hollai ( HUN) Illueca ( PAN) Lusaka ( ZAM) Piniés ( ESP) Choudhury ( BAN) Florin ( DDR) Caputo ( ARG) Garba ( NGR) 1990s De Marco ( MLT) Shihabi ( KSA) Ganev ( BUL) Insanally ( GUY) Essy ( CIV) Freitas ( POR) Razali ( MAS) Udovenko ( UKR) Opertti ( URU) Gurirab ( NAM) 2000s Holkeri ( FIN) Han ( KOR) Kavan ( CZE) Hunte ( LCA) Ping ( GAB) Eliasson ( SWE) Al-Khalifa ( BAH) Kerim ( MKD) D'Escoto ( NIC) Treki ( LIB) 2010s Deiss ( SUI) Nasser ( QAT) Jeremić ( SRB) Ashe ( ANT) Kutesa ( UGA) Lykketoft ( DEN) Thomson ( FIJ) Lajčák ( SVK) Espinosa ( ECU) Muhammad-Bande ( NGA) 2020s Bozkir ( TUR) Shahid ( MDV) Kőrösi ( HUN) Francis ( TTO) Yang ( CMR) Baerbock ( DEU)

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