About Thorleif Lintrup Paus
Lived 1912 – 2006 (aged 94). Thorleif Lintrup Paus was a Norwegian jurist, diplomat, judge and goodwill ambassador.
Thorleif Lintrup Paus (6 January 1912 – 28 November 2006) was a Norwegian lawyer and diplomat.
Born at Rjukan, he finished law school in 1937 and worked as a judge before joining the diplomatic service after World War II. He was a bureau chief at the Foreign Ministry, first secretary at the embassy in Washington D.C. and the mission in Bern, counselor at the embassy in London, counselor at the embassy in Rome and, from 1962, consul general in Singapore.
In 1965, the King appointed him ambassador to Iran and, in 1969, the ambassador to Brazil. Finally, he was ambassador to Mexico until retiring in 1980.
Honours Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav (1972)
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Who was Thorleif Lintrup Paus?
Norwegian diplomat (1912–2006)
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Thorleif Lintrup Paus was born on 6 January 1912.
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Thorleif Lintrup Paus died on 28 November 2006.
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Thorleif Lintrup Paus was a jurist, diplomat, judge and goodwill ambassador.
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Thorleif Lintrup Paus was Norwegian.
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