born July 16, 1896, Kristiania, Nor.
died Dec. 30, 1968, Geilo
First secretary-general of the
Educated in law at the University of Kristiania (Oslo), Lie was active in the Norwegian Labour Party before being appointed foreign minister of Norway's government-in-exile during World War II. As a member of the Norwegian delegation to the UN Conference on International Organization (1945), he helped draft the provisions for the United Nations Security Council . As secretary-general, he helped to secure the removal of Soviet troops from Iran; he also dealt with the first Arab-Israeli war and the India-Pakistan conflict over {{link=Kashmir">Kashmir . The Soviet Union ceased to cooperate with him after he supported UN intervention in the Korean War , and his effectiveness was further hampered by charges from anticommunist politicians in the U.S. that his secretariat had employed subversives. He resigned in 1952.