Trygve Lie

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Trygve Lie was a Norwegian politician and diplomat who became the first Secretary-General of the United Nations, serving from 1946 to 1952.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Norwegian diplomat
Norwegian politician
diplomat
human
politician
countryOfCitizenship Norway
dateOfBirth 1896-07-16
dateOfDeath 1968-12-30
educatedAt University of Oslo
employer Government of Norway
United Nations
endTime 1952
familyName Lie
fieldOfWork foreign policy
international relations
givenName Trygve
hasOccupation civil servant
lawyer
honorificTitle first Secretary-General of the United Nations
languageSpoken English
Norwegian
memberOfPoliticalParty Norwegian Labour Party
movement labour movement
nativeLanguage Norwegian
notableFor being the first Secretary-General of the United Nations
shaping early UN peacekeeping and security policy
notableWork leadership of the UN during the early Cold War
role in founding the United Nations
officeContested Secretary-General of the United Nations
orderInOffice 1
participantIn San Francisco Conference
World War II diplomacy
founding of the United Nations
placeOfBirth Norway
Oslo
placeOfDeath Norway
Oslo
positionHeld Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway
Secretary-General of the United Nations
religion Lutheranism
residence New York City
Oslo
sexOrGender male
startTime 1946
workLocation New York City
Oslo


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