Astrid Nøklebye Heiberg is a Norwegian

Norway

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 politician for the Conservative Party

Conservative Party of Norway

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, and a professor of medicine. She was the state secretary to the Minister of Social Affairs 1981-1985, and Minister of Administration and Consumer Affairs in 1986.

Heiberg was vice-chairwoman of the Conservative Party from 1990 to 1991 and member of the Norwegian Parliament from 1985 to 1989. She was President of the Norwegian Red Cross

Norwegian Red Cross

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 from 1993 to 1999 and President of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement

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from 1997 to 2001.