Gro Harlem Brundtland
Gro Harlem Brundtland is a Norwegian politician in the Labour Party, who served three terms as the prime minister of Norway, as the leader of her party from 1981 to 1992, and as the 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.
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- Born in
- Bærum Municipality
- Educated at
- Harvard UniversityUniversity of OsloHarvard T.H. Chan School of Public HealthUniversity of Oslo Faculty of Medicine
- Awards
- 🏆 Charlemagne Prize🏆 Catalonia International Prize🏆 Medal of honor Dag Hammarskjold🏆 Peer Gynt Literary Award🏆 Global Economy Prize
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1939
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