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Lie, Trygve Halvdan (trüg`və hälv`dän lē), 1896–1968, Norwegian statesman, first secretary-general of the United Nations United Nations (UN), international organization established immediately after World War II. It replaced the League of Nations . In 1945, when the UN was founded, there were 51 members; 192 nations are now members of the organization (see table entitled United Nations
..... Click the link for more information. . A lawyer and Labor party leader, he was Norwegian minister of justice (1935–39) and minister of trade and supply (1939–41). He became (1941) foreign minister of the government in exile. Elected (1946) secretary-general of the United Nations, Lie took an active part in negotiations and incurred the enmity of the USSR by supporting UN action in the Korean War Korean War, conflict between Communist and non-Communist forces in Korea from June 25, 1950, to July 27, 1953. At the end of World War II, Korea was divided at the 38th parallel into Soviet (North Korean) and U.S. (South Korean) zones of occupation.
..... Click the link for more information. . In 1953 he was succeeded at the United Nations by Dag Hammarskjöld Hammarskjöld, Dag (däg häm`ərshōld', Swed.
..... Click the link for more information. . In Norway Lie was appointed (1955) governor of Oslo and of Akershus prov. He also served as minister of industries (1963–64) and minister of commerce (1965). He wrote In the Cause of Peace (1954).

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See his Public Papers, 1946–1956, ed. by A. W. Cordier and W. Foote (1969).