Waldheim

[ wawld-hahym; German vahlt-hahym ]

noun

1. Kurt [kurt, k, oo, r, t], 1918–2007, Austrian diplomat: secretary-general of the United Nations 1972–82; president of Austria 1986–92.

Waldheim

/ ˈvalthaim /

noun

1. WaldheimKurt19182007MAustrianPOLITICS: diplomatPOLITICS: head of state Kurt (kʊrt). 1918–2007, Austrian diplomat; secretary-general of the United Nations (1972–81); president of Austria (1986–92)

Example Sentences

Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim in 1978, and is widely credited for leading the African nation to independence under his mandate as the head of U.N. peacekeeping forces there in the late 1980s.

From Seattle Times

Secretary General Kurt Waldheim’s role in the mass killings of civilians during World War II.

From New York Times

In 1987, after investigators concluded that Austrian president Kurt Waldheim had committed war crimes as a high-ranking Nazi official during World War II, Mr. Sher recommended that Waldheim be banned from entering the United States.

From Washington Post

In a report to Attorney General Edwin Meese 3d, Mr. Sher wrote that “if Mr. Waldheim were in this country, O.S.I. would seek approval to institute deportation proceedings on the basis of such activities.”

From New York Times

He was selected secretary general in December 1981 as a compromise candidate after Waldheim, running for a third term, deadlocked with the Tanzanian foreign minister, Salim Ahmed Salim.

From Washington Post