Kjeld Vibe

Kjeld Vibe (5 October 1927 – 1 February 2011) was a Norwegian diplomat.

He was born in Stavanger, and was a cand.jur. by education. He started working for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1955, and served as embassy counsellor in the United States from 1965 to 1969, before becoming sub-director in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was promoted to deputy under-secretary of state in 1972, served as NATO ambassador from 1977 to 1984, then five years as permanent under-secretary of state. From 1989 to 1996 he was the Norwegian ambassador to the United States.^[1] He was decorated as a Commander with Star of the Order of St. Olav in 1985.^[2]

References

^ Henriksen, Petter, ed (2007). "Kjeld Vibe" (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. http://www.snl.no/Kjeld_Vibe. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
^ Torgersen, Rolf Normann (1987) (in Norwegian). Ordener. Oslo: Nye Atheneum. p. 189. ISBN 82-7334-141-9.

Civic offices
Preceded by Kjell Eliassen	Permanent under-secretary of state in the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1984–1989	Succeeded by Helge Vindenes
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Kjell Eliassen	Norwegian ambassador to the United States 1989–1996	Succeeded by Tom Vraalsen

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Name	Vibe, Kjeld
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Date of birth	5 October 1927
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Date of death	1 February 2011
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