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Trygve Halvdan Lie (/ l iː / LEE, Norwegian: [ˈtrʏ̂gʋə ˈliː] ⓘ; 16 July 1896 – 30 December 1968) was a Norwegian politician, labour leader, government official and author. He served as Norwegian foreign minister during the critical years of the Norwegian government in exile in London from 1940 to 1945.
After discovering that Adlai Stevenson had picked Trygve Lie and approached the Norwegian and Soviet ambassadors to gain their support, U.S. Secretary of State James F. Byrnes decided that the United States had to vote for Lie to avoid "break[ing] faith with two governments." Although Byrne thought that Lie's candidacy was hopeless, several ...
Trygve Lie (1896–1968) [15] 2 February 1946 10 November 1952 6 years, 282 days Norway: Western European and Others: Lie, a foreign minister and former labour leader, was recommended by the Soviet Union to fill the post. After the UN involvement in the Korean War, the Soviet Union vetoed Lie's reappointment in 1951. The United States ...
Trygve Halvdan Lie: 2 February 1946 – November 1952: In the Cause of Peace (first and only publication, 1954) 2: Dag Hammarskjöld: 10 April 1953 – 18 September 1961: Vägmärken (Markings) ISBN 0-394-43532-X: 3: U Thant: 3 November 1961 – 31 December 1971: View from the UN ISBN 0-385-11541-5: 4: Kurt Waldheim: 1 January 1972 – 31 ...
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Halvdan the Black (c. 810 – c. 860), ninth-century king of Vestfold; Halvdan Wexelsen Freihow (1883–1965), Norwegian priest and culturist; Halvdan (runemaster), runemaster in mid-11th century Södermanland, Sweden; Lie, Trygve Halvdan (1896–1968), Norwegian politician, labour leader, government official and author
A United Nations Secretary-General selection was held in 1953 after Trygve Lie announced his intention of resigning. Lie had been at odds with the Soviet Union since the outbreak of the Korean War, and the negotiations for an armistice offered the opportunity for a new Secretary-General to turn the page.
Trygve Lie's reappointment was then rejected by a vote of 9-1-1, with the Soviet Union vetoing and Nationalist China abstaining. [12] [3] The General Assembly was called back into session for 19 October 1950. [13] Attempting to avoid the impending vote, Soviet ambassador Yakov Malik called upon U.S. ambassador Warren Austin on 17 October 1950 ...