Edvard Hambro

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Edvard Isak Hambro (22 August 1911-1 February 1977) was a Norwegian politician. He was the 25th President of the United Nations General Assembly 1970-1971.

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Hambro was the son of the politician Carl Joachim Hambro and his wife Gudrun Grieg. He married Elisabeth Raverat, daughter of the French artist Jacques Raverat and his English wife, the artist Gwen Darwin, a granddaughter of Charles Darwin. They had the following children:

  • Anne Hambro (born 1941)
  • Carl Joachim Hambro (born 1944)
  • Christian Hambro (born 1946), politician
  • Linda Hambro (born 1948)

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Preceded by
Angie Elisabeth Brooks
President of the United Nations General Assembly
1970–1971
Succeeded by
Adam Malik
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