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Gro Harlem Brundtland

Gro Harlem Brundtland
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15th Prime Minister of Norway
In office
3 November 1990 – 25 October 1996
Monarch Olav V
Harald V
Preceded by Jan Syse
Succeeded by Thorbjørn Jagland
In office
9 May 1986 – 16 October 1989
Monarch Olav V
Preceded by Kåre Willoch
Succeeded by Jan Syse
In office
4 February 1981 – 14 October 1981
Monarch Olav V
Preceded by Odvar Nordli
Succeeded by Kåre Willoch
Director-General of the World Health Organization
In office
13 May 1998 – 21 July 2003
Secretary-General Kofi Annan
Preceded by Hiroshi Nakajima
Succeeded by Lee Jong-wook
Leader of the Labour Party
In office
12 September 1979 – 25 October 1996
Preceded by Reiulf Steen
Succeeded by Thorbjørn Jagland
Minister of the Environment
In office
1 July 1974 – 19 March 1979
Prime Minister Trygve Bratteli
Odvar Nordli
Preceded by Tor Halvorsen
Succeeded by Rolf Arthur Hansen
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
In office
7 September 1969 – 15 September 1997
Constituency Oslo
Personal details
Born Gro Harlem Brundtland
(1939-04-20) 20 April 1939 (age 77)
Bærum, Akershus, Norway
Nationality Norwegian
Political party Labour
Spouse(s) Arne Olav Brundtland
Children Jørgen
Parents
  • Gudmund Harlem
  • Inga Margareta Elisabet Brynolf
Alma mater
Religion Church of Norway
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Gro Harlem Brundtland (Norwegian: [ɡruː hɑːɭɛm brʉntlɑnː]  (listen); born Gro Harlem, 20 April 1939) is a Norwegian politician, who served three terms as Prime Minister of Norway (1981, 1986–89, and 1990–96) and as Director-General of the World Health Organization from 1998 to 2003. She is also known for having chaired the Brundtland Commission which presented the Brundtland Report on sustainable development.

Educated as a physician, Brundtland joined the Labour Party and entered the government in 1974 as Minister of the Environment. From 1981 to 1992 she was leader of the Labour Party. After her surprise resignation as Prime Minister in 1996, she became an international leader in sustainable development and public health, and served as Director-General of the World Health Organization and as a UN Special Envoy on Climate Change from 2007. She is also deputy chair of The Elders and a former Vice-President of the Socialist International. Brundtland received the 1994 Charlemagne Prize, and has received many other awards and recognitions.


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