Tore Hattrem (born 23 August 1962) is a Norwegian diplomat and politician for the

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. In 2018 he was appointed as the Permanent Under-Secretary of State of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the top civil servant in the ministry. He formerly served as State Secretary and as

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of Norway to the

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in New York, and was President of the

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Executive Board in 2018.

Biography

Tore Hattrem holds a master's degree in Political Science from the

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, and graduated from the Norwegian Officer Candidate School in 1982. From 1994 to 1997, he was Second Secretary at the Norwegian Embassy in

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. In 1997, he became the First Secretary at the Permanent Mission of Norway to the UN and the

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in Geneva, and then Adviser in the

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from 2000 to 2002. In 2002, he became Deputy Director General and Head of the Section for Peace and Reconciliation. In 2007, he became the Norwegian Ambassador to Sri Lanka. During this tenure, he acted as a facilitator to solve the LTTE-driven crisis. From 2010 to 2012, he was the Ambassador to

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...

. Tore Hattrem was formerly Ambassador of Norway to Sri Lanka, Sudan and

, and Director-General in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.«Offisielt fra statsråd 8. juni 2012»
regjeringen.no, besøkt 23. juni 2012. Hattrem served as State Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2015 to 2016 and as the

of Norway to the

in New York from 2017 to 2018. During his tenure as Permanent Representative he was elected President of the

Executive Board for the term 2018, the second Norwegian after Torild Skard to hold that office. In 2018 he was appointed as the Permanent Under-Secretary of State of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the ministry's top civil servant.

Personal life

Tore Hattrem is married to Marit Gjelten. They have 3 children.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hattrem, Tore Living people 1962 births Norwegian state secretaries Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Norwegian expatriates in India Norwegian expatriates in Switzerland Norwegian expatriates in the United States Chairmen and Presidents of UNICEF Ambassadors of Norway to Sri Lanka Ambassadors of Norway to Sudan Ambassadors of Norway to Afghanistan Norwegian officials of the United Nations Permanent Representatives of Norway to the United Nations