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Director General of World Health Organisation
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  • Born 1939 in Oslo, Norway
  • campaigned for legalisation of abortion
  • trained as a doctor
  • aged 35 asked to become a member of the Norwegian government
  • introduced 40% quota of women into the Norwegian cabinet
  • 1987 chaired World Commission on Environment and Development for the UN
  • 1998 became Director General of World Health Organisation
       
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