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| In office February 2, 1946 – November 10, 1952 |
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| Preceded by | Gladwyn Jebb (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Dag Hammarskjöld |
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| Born | July 16, 1896 Oslo, Norway |
| Died | December 30, 1968 (aged 72) Geilo, Norway |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Spouse | Hjørdis Jørgensen |
| Religion | Lutheran/Church of Norway |
Trygve Halvdan Lie (/ˌtɾygʋə 'li:/ ) (July 16, 1896 – December 30, 1968) was a Norwegian politician. The Secretary-General of the United Nations is the head of the Secretariat, one of the principal organs of the United Nations. Events 962 - Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1444 - Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Vladislaus III of Varna (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Wladyslaw Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hubert Miles Gladwyn Jebb 1st Baron Gladwyn, GCMG, GCVO, CB, known as Gladwyn Jebb ( April 25, 1900 &ndash October Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld ( (29 July 1905 &ndash 18 September 1961 was a Swedish Diplomat, Christian mystic, and the second Secretary-General Events 622 - The beginning of the Islamic calendar. 1054 - Three Roman legates fractured relations between the Western and Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year (called Christiania from 1624 to 1878 and Kristiania from 1878 to 1924 is the Capital and largest city of Norway. Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Events 1460 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield. 1816 - The Treaty of St Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. is a centre in the municipality of Hol in Norway, in the valley of Hallingdal, with around 2300 inhabitants Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Lutheranism is a major branch of Western Christianity that identifies with the teachings of the sixteenth-century German reformer Martin Luther The Church of Norway ( Den norske kirke in Bokmål or Den norske kyrkja in Nynorsk) is the state church of Norway Events 622 - The beginning of the Islamic calendar. 1054 - Three Roman legates fractured relations between the Western and Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 1460 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield. 1816 - The Treaty of St Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional From 1946 to 1952 he was the first elected Secretary-General of the United Nations. The Secretary-General of the United Nations is the head of the Secretariat, one of the principal organs of the United Nations. The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security
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Early life
Lie was born in Kristiania on 16 July 1896. (called Christiania from 1624 to 1878 and Kristiania from 1878 to 1924 is the Capital and largest city of Norway. Events 622 - The beginning of the Islamic calendar. 1054 - Three Roman legates fractured relations between the Western and Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year His father Martin left the family to work as a carpenter in the United States while his mother Hulda ran a boarding house. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Lie joined the Labour Party in 1911 and was named as the party's national secretary soon after receiving his law degree from the University of Oslo in 1919. The Norwegian Labour Party ( Norwegian: Det norske arbeiderparti ( DNA) or Arbeiderpartiet ( AP) is a Social democratic The University of Oslo (Universitetet i Oslo Universitas Osloensis is the oldest and largest University in Norway, situated in the Norwegian capital He married Hjørdis Jørgensen in 1921; the couple had three daughters, Sissel, Guri, and Mette.
Career
Lie was editor-in-chief for Det 20 århundre from 1919 to 1921. From 1922 to 1935 he was a legal consultant for the Arbeidernes Faglige Landsorganisasjon (named Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions from 1957). Template talkInfobox Union for usage -->The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions ( Landsorganisasjonen i Norge He chaired the Norwegian Workers' Confederation of Sports fro 1931 to 1935.
In local politics he served as a member of the executive committee of Aker municipality council from 1922 to 1931. Aker (from the Old Norse akr m 'field acre' is a former municipality in Akershus, which lends its name to a municipality and a county in Norway He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Akershus in 1937. The Storting ( Stortinget, literally "the Great Thing /Assembly" is the Norwegian Parliament, and is located in the capital city is a county in Norway, bordering Hedmark, Oppland, Buskerud, Oslo and Østfold. He was appointed Minister of Justice when a Labour Party government was formed by Johan Nygaardsvold in 1935. In Norway, the Minister of Justice and the Police is the head of the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Justice and the Police and a member of Government of Norway Johan Nygaardsvold (6 September 1879 - 13 March 1952 was a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party. Lie was later appointed Minister of Trade (July to October 1939) and Minister of Supplies (October 1939 to 1941).
An early admirer of the October Revolution in Russia, Lie once met Vladimir Lenin and gave permission for Leon Trotsky to settle in Norway after he was exiled from the Soviet Union. The October Revolution (Октябрьская революция Oktyabrskaya revolyutsiya) also known as the Soviet Revolution Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Leon Trotsky ( Russian:, Lev Davidovich Trotsky, also transliterated Leo, Lyev, Trotskii, Trotski, Trotskij The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 It has been rumored that Lie succumbed to Joseph Stalin's wishes to have Trotsky placed under house arrest, though historians can neither confirm nor fully deny this. Joseph Stalin ( ნამდვილი გვარი ჯუღაშვილი|Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili; March 5 1953 was General Secretary of the Communist Party Lie later ordered Trotsky to leave Norway when Trotsky violated his promise to refrain from political activity.
In 1940, when Norway was invaded by Nazi Germany, Lie ordered all Norwegian ships to sail to Allied ports. Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers In 1941 Lie was named as Foreign Minister of the Norwegian government-in-exile, and he remained in this position until 1946.
United Nations career
Lie led the Norwegian delegation to the United Nations conference in San Francisco in 1946 and was a leader in drafting the provisions of the United Nations Security Council. The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city He was the leader of the Norwegian delegation to the United Nations general assembly in 1946. On February 1, 1946, he was elected as the first Secretary General of the United Nations as a result of a compromise between the major powers, having only missed being elected President of the first General Assembly by a small margin. Events 1327 - Teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Secretary-General of the United Nations is the head of the Secretariat, one of the principal organs of the United Nations. Membership For two articles dealing with membership in the General Assembly see General Assembly members He gets much of the credit for securing the current site for the United Nations headquarters from John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and establishing the offices there. John Davison Rockefeller Jr (January 29 1874 &ndash May 11 1960 was a major Philanthropist and a pivotal member of the prominent Rockefeller family.
As Secretary General, Lie supported the foundations of Israel and Indonesia. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. The Republic of Indonesia ( (Republik Indonesia is a Country in Southeast Asia. He worked for the withdrawal of Soviet forces in Iran and a ceasefire to fighting in Kashmir. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. This article is about the geographical region of greater Kashmir He attracted the ire of the Soviet Union when he helped gather support for the defense of South Korea after it was invaded in 1950 and later worked to end the Soviet boycott of UN meetings, though his involvement has only little to do with the eventual return of the Soviet Union to the UN. South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often referred to as Korea ( Korean: 대한민국 tɛː The Korean War refers to a period of military conflict between North Korean and South Korean regimes with major hostilities lasting from June 25 1950 until the He was opposed to Spain's entry into the United Nations because of his opposition to the Franco government. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teódulo Franco y Bahamonde (born December 4, 1892 in Ferrol, died November 20, 1975 in Madrid He also sought to have the People's Republic of China recognized by the United Nations after the Nationalist government was exiled to Taiwan, arguing that the People's Republic was the only government which could fulfill the membership obligations in full. Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES Taiwan ( Taiwanese: Tâi-oân/Tāi-oân (historically 大灣/台員/大員/台圓/大圓/台窩灣 is an Island in East Asia.
He has been criticized for his failures to facilitate negotiation in the Berlin Blockade, as well as his failure to bring about a more swift end to the Korean War. The Berlin Blockade (24 June 1948 – 11 May 1949 was one of the first major international crises of the Cold war. His critics argue that he was under the influence of a select few in the UN Secretariat. He has also been criticized for his arrogance and stubbornness.
Over objections from the Soviet Union, his term of office was extended by the General Assembly 46 - 5 in 1950. This was the result of a Security Council impasse, in which the US refused to accept any candidate but Lie, and the Soviet Union's absolute refusal to accept him again, due to his involvement in the Korean War. The Korean War refers to a period of military conflict between North Korean and South Korean regimes with major hostilities lasting from June 25 1950 until the The Soviet Union refused to acknowledge him as secretary general in his second term, and after having been accused by Joseph McCarthy of hiring "disloyal" Americans (an allegation which he attributed to the rapid hiring of civil servants necessary after the creation of the organization), Lie resigned on November 10, 1952. Joseph Raymond McCarthy (November 14 1908 – May 2 1957 was an American politician who served as a Republican U Events 1444 - Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Vladislaus III of Varna (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Wladyslaw Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
After the United Nations
Lie remained active in Norwegian politics after his resignation from the UN. He was the County Governor of Oslo and Akershus, Chairman of the Board of Energy, Minister of Industry, and Minister of Trade and Shipping. This is a list of the County Governors (Fylkesmenn of Akershus, Norway. See also Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry Minister of Trade and Industry (Norway See also List of Norwegian governments Source Regjeringer statsråder og statssekretærer 1945–2001 (odin He authored a number of books.
Though he never achieved widespread popularity, he earned a reputation as a pragmatic, determined politician.
Lie died on December 30, 1968 of a heart attack. Events 1460 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield. 1816 - The Treaty of St Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He was 72 years old.
References
- Trygve Lie biography at Stortinget.no (Norwegian)
- Official U.N.S.G.biography
External links
- Trygve Lie Gallery in New York
| Preceded by Arne Sunde |
Norwegian Minister of Justice and the Police 1935–1939 |
Succeeded by Terje Wold |
| Preceded by Alfred Martin Madsen |
Norwegian Minister of Trade July 1939–October 1939 |
Succeeded by Anders Frihagen |
| Preceded by position created |
Norwegian Minister of Supplies October 1939–1941 |
Succeeded by Arne Sunde |
| Preceded by Halvdan Koht |
Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs 1940–1946 (acting 1940–1941) |
Succeeded by Halvard Lange |
| Preceded by Gladwyn Jebb (acting) |
United Nations Secretary-General 1946–1952 |
Succeeded by Dag Hammarskjöld |
| Preceded by Carl Platou |
County Governor of Oslo and Akershus 1955–1963 |
Succeeded by John Lyng |
| Preceded by Kjell Holler |
Norwegian Minister of Industry July 1963–August 1963 |
Succeeded by Kaare Meland |
| Preceded by Kaare Meland |
Norwegian Minister of Industry September 1963–1964 |
Succeeded by Karl Trasti |
| Preceded by Erik Himle |
Norwegian Minister of Trade and Shipping 1964–1965 |
Succeeded by Kåre Willoch |
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| NAME | Lie, Trygve |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Norwegian politician, first United Nations Secretary-General |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 16, 1896 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oslo, Norway |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 30, 1968 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Geilo, Norway |
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