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Gro Harlem Brundtland

Norwegian politician and physician, former Prime Minister and WHO Director-General.

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Gro Harlem Brundtland is best known for Three-time Prime Minister of Norway and former Director-General of the World Health Organization, known for leading the Brundtland Commission on sustainable development. On Dead or Alive, Gro Harlem Brundtland is listed in the World Leaders 80s category, where you can test yourself on similar names. Dead or Alive is a trivia game: you decide whether a famous person is still alive, then see the answer. The status for Gro Harlem Brundtland is checked against public sources such as Wikidata and is shown only after you answer.

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Known for: Three-time Prime Minister of Norway and former Director-General of the World Health Organization, known for leading the Brundtland Commission on sustainable development.
Listed under: World Leaders 80s

About Gro Harlem Brundtland

Educated as a physician, Brundtland joined the Labour Party and entered the government in 1974 as Minister of the Environment. She became the first female prime minister of Norway on 4 February 1981, but left office on 14 October 1981; she returned as prime minister on 9 May 1986 and served until 16 October 1989. She finally returned for her third term on 3 November 1990. After her surprise resignation as prime minister in 1996, she became an international leader in sustainable development and public health, and served as director-general of the World Health Organization and as UN special envoy on Climate Change from 2007 to 2010. Brundtland belonged to the moderate wing of her party and supported Norwegian membership in the European Union during the 1994 referendum. As prime minister, Brundtland became widely known as the "mother of the nation".

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