Dag Hammarskjöld
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| July 29, 1905 – September 18, 1961 |
Swedish economist and diplomat, UN Secretary-General from 1953 until he died in a plane crash in Northern Rhodesia in 1961 during the Congo Crisis; posthumous Nobel Peace Prize.
Offices held
Apr 10, 1953 – Sep 18, 1961
Preceded by
Trygve Lie Succeeded by
U Thant
Trygve Lie Succeeded by
U Thant
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