Marianne Heiberg
Marianne Heiberg (* December 7, 1945 in Oslo ; † December 26, 2004 ) was a Norwegian Middle East expert and director of the branch of the UN organization UNRWA , the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Middle East in Jerusalem.
Heiberg studied social sciences at Oslo University. The social anthropologist received her PhD from the London School of Economics with a thesis on the emergence of the Basque nation.
She began her professional career in the 1980s at the Norsk utanrikspolitisk institutt (NUPI), where she became a Middle East expert. Together with her future husband and Norwegian Defense and Foreign Minister Johan Jørgen Holst , she was instrumental in the Oslo peace process.
In 1994 she was awarded the Hessian Peace Prize.
On Boxing Day 2004, Marianne Heiberg died of a heart attack.
Web links
Obituary by Marianne Heiberg in the Guardian on February 3, 2005
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.amazon.com/Marianne-Heiberg/e/B001JS7NGG
- ↑ http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/1.514647
- ↑ http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/marianne-heiberg-player-in-oslo-peace-accords-59-1.145346
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heiberg, Marianne |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian social scientist and Middle East expert |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 7, 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oslo |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 26, 2004 |