What is João Clemente Baena Soares?
[[File:João Clemente Baena Soares.png|right|200px]] '''João Clemente Baena Soares''' (14 May 1931 – 7 June 2023) was a [[Brazil]]ian [[Diplomacy|diplomat]]. He was born in [[Belém]]. He worked at the [[Ministry of External Relations (Brazil)|Brazilian Ministry of External Relations]] for 31 years before being elected to replace [[Alejandro Orfila]] as [[Secretary General of the Organization of American States|Secretary General]] of the [[Organization of American States]] from 1984 to 1994.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.un.org/News/dh/hlpanel/baena-soares-bio.htm | title = Biography of Dr. João Clemente Baena Soares | access-date = 2010-12-31 | publisher = [[United Nations]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.oas.org/columbus/Secretaries%20General.asp | title = Secretaries General | access-date = 2010-12-31 | publisher = [[Organization of American States]] | archive-date = 2012-10-20 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121020225705/http://www.oas.org/columbus/Secretaries%20General.asp | url-status = dead }}</ref> He was replaced in 1994 with [[President of Colombia|President]] [[César Gaviria]]. Baena Soares died on 7 June 2023 at the age of 92.<ref>[https://www.noticiasaominuto.com/mundo/2337679/morreu-o-antigo-secretario-geral-da-oea-baena-soares Morreu o antigo secretário-geral da OEA Baena Soares] {{in lang|pt}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Baena Soares, Joao Clemente}} [[Category:1931 births]] [[Category:2023 deaths]] [[Category:Brazilian diplomats]] [[Category:Secretaries General of the Organization of American States]] [[Category:People from Belém]] {{bio-stub}}