Tore Hattrem

[1] He formerly served as State Secretary and as Permanent Representative of Norway to the United Nations in New York, and was President of the UNICEF Executive Board in 2018.

[2] Tore Hattrem holds a master's degree in Political Science from the University of Oslo, and graduated from the Norwegian Officer Candidate School in 1982.

[3] Tore Hattrem was formerly Ambassador of Norway to Sri Lanka, Sudan and Afghanistan, and Director-General in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

[5][6] Hattrem served as State Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2015 to 2016 and as the Permanent Representative of Norway to the United Nations in New York from 2017 to 2018.

During his tenure as Permanent Representative he was elected President of the UNICEF Executive Board for the term 2018, the second Norwegian after Torild Skard to hold that office.