Bente Angell-Hansen (born 15 December 1951) is a Norwegian former diplomat who served as President of the EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA). She served as Secretary-General of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2011 to 2014. Before going to the EFTA Surveillance Authority, she was Norway's Ambassador to Austria and Head of the Norwegian Mission to the United Nations in Vienna.
Bente Angell-Hansen | |
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| Born | 15 December 1951 |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Occupation | President of the EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA) |
Early life and education
editAngell-Hansen holds a cand.polit. degree in political science.
Career
editAngell-Hansen started working for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1982. She was a deputy under-secretary of state in the Norwegian Office of the Prime Minister from 2000 to 2005, served as the Norwegian ambassador to Hungary from 2005 to 2007, and to the United Nations in Geneva from 2008.[1]
Since 2022, Angell-Hansen has been co-chairing – alongside Joy Phumaphi – the joint World Bank/WHO Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB).[2]
Honors and recognition
editIn 2011, Angell-Hansen was appointed the first female Secretary General of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[3] In 2012, the magazine Stat & Styring named her as the sixth most powerful civil servant of the Norwegian state[4] and the magazine Kapital named her as Norway's tenth most powerful woman.[3]
References
edit- ^ Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Bente Angell-Hansen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
- ^ Global Preparedness Monitoring Board Announces New Board Membership, Bringing Diverse Expertise to Independent Monitoring World Bank/WHO Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB), press release of 30 September 2022.
- ^ a b Norges 100 mektigste kvinner Archived 2012-10-28 at the Wayback Machine Kapital, via Hegnar Online, retrieved 14 April 2013 (in Norwegian)
- ^ Erling Fossen: Statens mektigste 2012 Archived February 3, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Stat & Styring, 12 December 2012 (in Norwegian)