Hans Tabor (April 25, 1922 – November 19, 2003) was a Danish diplomat and politician representing the Social Democratic Party. He was the

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ambassador to the UN in the 1960s. When the

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broke out in 1967 he was the head of the

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, and he managed to negotiate a cease fire between

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and the Arab countries. Because of his success at the UN he was named

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by prime minister

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.1967: Denmark
/ref> He only held office 4 months, because the Social Democrats lost the 1968 election. Tabor then returned to the diplomacy, and was in 1974 briefly ambassador to the UN.

References

Tidl. udenrigsminister og ambassadør Hans Tabor død
1922 births 2003 deaths Foreign ministers of Denmark Danish diplomats Permanent Representatives of Denmark to the United Nations Politicians from Copenhagen {{europe-diplomat-stub