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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 World War II, Jebb served as executive secretary of the Preparatory Commission of the United Nations in August 1945, being appointed Acting United Nations secretary-general from October 1945 to February 1946 until the appointment of the first secretary-general, Trygve Lie. [14] 1: Trygve Lie (1896–1968) [15] 2 February 1946 10 November 1952
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 ...
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.
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Of hiring managers who admit to lying, around 75% say they lie during the interview, 52% in the job description, and 24% in the offer letter. The result of these falsehoods creates distrust ...
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
Trygve Lie, Dag Hammarskjöld: David Ben-Gurion, Moshe Sharett: 2 Michael Comay: 1960–1967 U Thant: David Ben-Gurion, Levi Eshkol: 3 Gideon Rafael: 1967–1968 U Thant Levi Eshkol 4 Yosef Tekoah: 1968–1975 U Thant, Kurt Waldheim: Levi Eshkol, Golda Meir, Yitzhak Rabin: 5 Chaim Herzog: 1975–1978 Kurt Waldheim Yitzhak Rabin, Menahem Begin ...