Javier Arias Stella | |
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| President of the United Nations Security Council | |
| In office 1 April 1985 – 30 April 1985 | |
| Preceded by | Blaise Rabetafika |
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| In office 1 March 1984 – 31 March 1984 | |
| Preceded by | S. Shah Nawaz |
| Succeeded by | Volodymyr O. Kravets |
| Minister of Foreign Relations of Peru | |
| In office 1980–1983 | |
| President | Fernando Belaúnde Terry |
| Minister of Public Health of Peru | |
| In office 1967–1968 | |
| President | Fernando Belaúnde Terry |
| In office 1963–1965 | |
| President | Fernando Belaúnde Terry |
Javier Arias Stella (August 2, 1924 – February 25, 2020) was a Peruvian pathologist, politician, diplomat, academic, and lecturer who variously served as Minister of Public Health of Peru (1963-1965, 1967-1968), Minister of Foreign Relations of Peru (1980-1983), and President of the United Nations Security Council (March 1984, April 1985), the former two positions having been served under Peruvian president Fernando Belaúnde Terry. He was best known in medical circles for having discovered the eponymously-named Arias-Stella reaction.