Dag Hammarskjöld
(1905-1961)
Secretary-General of the United Nations
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Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld ( HAM-ər-shuuld, 29 July 1905 – 18 September 1961) was a Swedish economist and diplomat who served as the second Secretary-General of the United Nations. As of 2020, Hammarskjöld remains the youngest person to have held the Secretary-General post, having been only 47 years old when he was appointed in 1953. His second term was cut short when he died in the crash of his DC-6 airplane in Northern Rhodesia while en route to cease-fire negotiations during the Congo Crisis. He is the only person in history to be awarded a Nobel Peace Prize posthumously.
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29 July 1905 Jonkoping, Sweden
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| Died |
18 September 1961 (aged 56) Ndola, Zambia
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| Zodiac | Leo |
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