Dag hammarskjold wikipedia

As of , he remains the youngest person to have held the post, having been only 47 years old when he was appointed. He led initiatives to improve morale and organisational efficiency while seeking to make the UN more responsive to global issues.

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President John F. He spent most of his childhood in Uppsala. His home there, which he considered his childhood home, was Uppsala Castle. By , he had obtained Licentiate of Philosophy and Master of Laws degrees. Before he finished his law degree he had already obtained a job as Assistant Secretary of the Unemployment Committee. During this time he wrote his economics thesis, "Konjunkturspridningen" "The Spread of the Business Cycle" , and received a doctorate from Stockholm University.

In , he became a secretary in Sweden's central bank, the Riksbank. From to , he served as chairman of the Riksbank's General Council. He was state secretary in the Ministry of Finance —, Swedish delegate to the Organization for European Economic Cooperation —, cabinet secretary for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs — and minister without portfolio in Tage Erlander 's government —