Rolf Einar Fife

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Rolf Einar Fife (born 18 October 1961) is a Norwegian diplomat. He is a member of the International Law Commission.

He is a law graduate by education and started working for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1986. He served as head of department from 1997 and deputy under-secretary of state from 2002 to 2014. He then served as the Norwegian ambassador to France from 2014 to 2018 and to the European Union from 2019. [1]

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References

  1. "Rolf Einar Fife". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 11 March 2019.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Norwegian ambassador to France
2015–2018
Succeeded by
Preceded by Norwegian ambassador to the European Union
2019–
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