Leidulv Namtvedt

Male, Person

1950 –

59

Who is Leidulv Namtvedt?

Leidulv Namtvedt is a Norwegian diplomat.

He is a cand.mag. by education. He started working for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1976, and served as embassy counsellor in Russia from 1991 to 1995. He returned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1996 and served as deputy under-secretary of state from 1999 to 2006. Newspaper Dagens Næringsliv described it as "one of the most powerful and influential positions a person can hold in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs". From 2007 he is the Norwegian ambassador to Finland. In 2009 he unsuccessfully applied for the position as Norwegian ambassador to the United Kingdom.

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Born
Oct 1, 1950
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  • Norway

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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