Lima: Former UN chief and Peruvian Prime Minister Javier Perez de Cuellar died at his home in Peru.

Perez de Cuellar's son told local radio station RPP that he died at his home in Peru, the BBC said in a report on Thursday.His funeral will take place on Friday.

During his two terms as UN Secretary General, he brokered peace agreements in Latin America, Africa, Asia and the Middle East. His major achievement was negotiating a ceasefire between Iran and Iraq in 1988 after eight years of conflict.

Aside from the Iran-Iraq war, by the end of his second term in 1991, Perez de Cuellar had helped to end hostilities in Western Sahara, and civil wars in El Salvador, Cambodia and Nicaragua.

In a statement on Wednesday night, incumbent Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that he was "profoundly saddened" by the news.

Taking to Twitter on Wednesday, Peruvian President Martín Vizcarra called Perez de Cuellar "a full-hearted democrat who dedicated his entire life to work to enlarge our country".

The former UN chief had also made an unsuccessful bid for Peru's presidency in 1995, losing to Alberto Fujimori.