Marianne Heiberg

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Marianne Heiberg (7 December 1945 – 26 December 2004) was director of the

UN organization for aid to Palestinian refugees UNRWA field office in Jerusalem.[1]

Biography

She was born in Oslo, Norway, and received her education in the United States and Great Britain as well as at the University of Oslo, where she graduated in 1971 with a degree in social sciences. She completed her doctorate at the London School of Economics in 1981.

She began working for the

UN organization for aid to Palestinian refugees UNRWA field office in Jerusalem. From 1995 to 1997 she also held the position as Special Advisor to the Director-General of UNESCO for its Culture for Peace
program.

She died from a heart attack.

Her second husband Johan Jørgen Holst, Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs, played a central role in Middle East peace efforts. Her sister, Karin Stoltenberg, was a junior minister and the mother of Jens Stoltenberg, the prime minister of Norway.

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