EARTHtimes: Walter Mondale to be Norway's Consul General in Minneapolis
Walter Mondale to be Norway's Consul General in Minneapolis
Former US Vice President Walter F. Mondale has, at the request of Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store, agreed to be Norway's Honorary Consul General in Minneapolis.Over the next few weeks, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will, together with Mr Mondale, establish the practical framework for his tasks and the continued work to set up the Consulate General in Minneapolis so that it will be able to maintain and further develop the important ties between Norway and the Midwest.
Walter Mondale (79) was US Vice President from 1977 to 1981, and presidential candidate for the Democrats in 1984. He was US Ambassador to Japan from 1993 to 1996. From 1964 to 1976, he represented Minnesota in the Senate. He has also been Attorney General of the state of Minnesota. He has close ties to Norway. His family originally comes from Mundal on the west coast of Norway. He has, for many years, been a member of the Executive Committee of the Nobel Peace Prize Forum, which holds annual conferences with the support of the Norwegian Nobel Committee. He has a law degree and has worked as a lawyer for many years.
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