Knut Vollebæk

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name = Knut Vollebæk
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ambassador_from =Norway
country =United States
term_start =2001
term_end =2007
predecessor =
successor =Wegger Christian Strommen
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office2 =Minister of Foreign Affairs
term_start2 =October 17, 1997
term_end2 =March 3, 2000
deputy2 =
monarch2 =Harald V
primeminister2 =Kjell Magne Bondevik
succeeding2 =
predecessor2 =Bjørn Tore Godal
successor2 =Torbjørn Jagland
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office3 =Chairman-in-Office of OSCE
term_start3 =1999
term_end3 =1999
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succeeding3 =
predecessor3 =Bronisław Geremek
successor3 =Wolfgang Schüssel
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ambassador_from4 =Norway
country4 =France
term_start4 =1997
term_end4 =1997
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order5 =
ambassador_from5 =Norway
country5 =Costa Rica
term_start5 =1991
term_end5 =1993
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birth_date =Birth date and age|1946|02|11|mf=y
birth_place =Oslo, Norway
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nationality =Norwegian
party =Christian Democratic Party
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alma_mater =Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration
occupation =Ambassador
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Knut Vollebæk (born 11 February, 1946, in Oslo) is a Norwegian diplomat and centrist politician (Christian People's Party). He was the Foreign minister of Norway from 1997 to 2000 and Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE in 1999. He was appointed ambassador to the United States in 2001. His diplomatic experience includes assignments to New Delhi, Madrid, and Harare. He was Norwegian ambassador to Costa Rica in 1991-1993, and special envoy for development issues from 1994 until he became Foreign Minister in 1997. He served as a peace negotiator in the former Yugoslavia 1993-1995. Vollebaek was appointed OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities in 2007.

External links

* [http://www.norway.org/Embassy/embassy.htm The Norwegian embassy in Washington, D.C.'s website]
* [http://www.washdiplomat.com/ambprof/norway.html Washington Diplomat Bio]