Knut Vollebæk

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Knut Vollebæk
Norway Ambassador to United States
Incumbent
Assumed office  2001
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office October 17, 1997 – March 3, 2000
Monarch	Harald V
Prime Minister	Kjell Magne Bondevik
Preceded by	Bjørn Tore Godal
Succeeded by	Torbjørn Jagland
Chairman-in-Office of OSCE
In office 1999 – 1999
Preceded by	Bronislaw Geremek
Succeeded by	Wolfgang Schuessel
Norway Ambassador to France
In office 1997 – 1997
Norway Ambassador to Costa Rica
In office 1991 – 1993
Born	February 11, 1946 (1946-02-11) (age 62) Oslo, Norway
Nationality	Norwegian
Political party	Christian Democratic Party
Alma mater	Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration
Occupation	Ambassador

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.

[edit] External links

• The Norwegian embassy in Washington, D.C.'s website
• Washington Diplomat Bio

Political offices
Preceded by Bjørn Tore Godal	Minister of Foreign Affairs 1997–2000	Succeeded by Thorbjørn Jagland