Federico Mayor Zaragoza

Federico Mayor Zaragoza (27 January 1934 – 19 December 2024) was a Spanish scientist, scholar, politician, diplomat, and poet. He served as Director-General of UNESCO from 1987 to 1999. He was born in Barcelona.

Mayor Zaragoza is the Chairman of the Foundation for a Culture of Peace and member of the Honorary Board of the International Decade for the Promotion of a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the WorldThe United Nations General Assembly proclaimed the first decade of the 21st century and the third millennium, the years 2001 to 2010, as the International Decade for the Promotion of a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World. This followed resolutions about the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the International Day of Peace. as well as the Honorary Chairman of the Académie de la Paix.See the website of Peace Academy at http://www.peace-academy.ch/fr/index.php 

He was elected a member of the Academia Europaea in 1993.

Mayor Zaragoza died in Madrid on 19 December 2024, at the age of 90.

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