Who is Gro Harlem Brundtland

Gro Brundtland (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈɡruː ˈhɑ̀ːlɛm ˈbrʉ̀ntlɑnː]; born Gro Harlem, 20 April 1939) is a Norwegian politician (Arbeiderpartiet), who served three terms as the 29th prime minister of Norway (1981, 1986–89, and 1990–96) and as the director-general of the World Health Organization from 1998 to 2003. She is also known for having chaired the Brundtland Commission which presented the Brundtland Report on sustainable development.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 fo...
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Noramnews: former prime minister of norway, gro harlem brundtland, emphasized the importance of environmentalism and humanitarianism at augustana university’s annual boe forum in sioux falls, s.d., on march 14.
Listen_2learn: "in december 1983 the un secretary-general asked dr. gro harlem brundtland to chair a world commission on environment and development. she came to make strong impact on the commission’s work, widely referred to as the brundtland commission. she developed
Samuelwr33: “investing in health will produce enormous benefits.” –gro harlem brundtland
Peterlangst: here's the share of female ministers in norwegian cabinets over time. no strong left-right pattern, but gro harlem brundtland's labour government seems to really have changed norms back in 1986.
Davidcranmerun1: committees, notably the scientific advisory group of experts (which served the program for vaccine development) and the global advisory group (which served the epi program) by director-general of the who gro harlem brundtland. gro harlem brundtland was born in oslo in 1939, the
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