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First OPCW Director-General Appointed

Brazil · Warfare / United Nations. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1997

José Mauricio Bustani13 May 1997

The Hague · Warfare / United Nations

Is appointed the first Director-General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.

Names involved

José Mauricio Bustani

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