Vigleik Eide

Vigleik Eide
Born	(1933-12-04)4 December 1933 Fana, Norway
Died	30 October 2011(2011-10-30) (aged 77) Oppegård, Norway
Allegiance	Norway
Service/branch	Norwegian Army
Years of service	1954–1993
Rank	General
Awards	Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav
Other work	Ambassador to Lebanon and Syria

Vigleik Eide (4 December 1933 – 30 October 2011) was a Norwegian diplomat and military officer, a General in the Norwegian Army who served two years as Chief of Defence of Norway, and four years as Chairman of the NATO Military Committee.

Personal life

Eide was born in Fana as the son of Ivar Vigleiksson Eide and Serina B. Oma. He married Aase Nyhuus in 1962.^[1] He died in October 2011.^[2]

Career

Eide graduated from the Norwegian Military Academy in 1957, and later education included studes at the Führungsakademie der Bundeswehr and the NATO Defense College.^[1] He was a colonel in the Norwegian Army from 1980 to 1985. He was Major General and District Commander of Vestlandet from 1985 to 1986, and Lieutenant General and Head of Command of Northern Norway from 1986 to 1987.^[3] He served as Chief of Defence of Norway from 1987 to 1989.^[4] He served as Chairman of the NATO Military Committee from 1989 to 1993. During this period a closer cooperation between NATO and members of the Warsaw Pact was initiated.^[1]

From 1993 he had various international assignments, and participated in the peace negotiations in Guatemala in 1994, and in the former Yugoslavia from 1995 to 1996 (the Dayton Agreement).^[1] He was the Norwegian Ambassador to Lebanon and Syria from 1998 to 2001.^[3]^[4]

Eide was decorated Commander with Star of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav in 1987.^[1] He also became a Grand Officer of the French National Order of Merit in 1989.

References

1 2 3 4 5 Moland, Arnfinn. "Vigleik Eide". In Helle, Knut. Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
↑ Kolberg, Aud (10 November 2011). "Vigleik Eide (obituary)". Aftenposten (in Norwegian).
1 2 "Vigleik Eide". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
1 2 "Forsvarssjefen" (in Norwegian). www.mil.no. Retrieved 4 November 2009.

Military offices
Preceded by Fredrik Bull-Hansen	Chief of Defence of Norway 1987–1989	Succeeded by Torolf Rein
Preceded by Wolfgang Altenburg	Chairman of the NATO Military Committee 1989–1993	Succeeded by Richard Vincent, Baron Vincent of Coleshill

Chairmen of the NATO Military Committee

1949–1951 Omar Bradley
1951–1952 Etienne Baele
1952–1953 Charles Foulkes
1953–1954 E. J. C. Quistgaard
1954–1955 Augustin Guillaume
1955–1956 Stylianos Pallis
1956–1957 Giuseppe Mancinelli
1957–1958 B. R. P. F. Hasselman

1958–1959 Bjarne Øen
1959–1960 J. A. Beleza Ferras
1960–1960 Rustu Erdelhun
1960–1961 Louis Mountbatten
1961–1962 Lyman Lemnitzer
1962–1963 C. P. de Cumont
1963–1964 Adolf Heusinger
1964–1968 C. P. de Cumont

1968–1971 Nigel Henderson
1971–1974 Johannes Steinhoff
1974–1977 Peter Hill-Norton
1977–1980 H. F. Zeiner-Gundersen
1980–1983 Robert Hilborn Falls
1983–1986 Cornelis De Jager
1986–1989 Wolfgang Altenburg
1989–1993 Vigleik Eide

1993–1996 Richard Vincent
1996–1999 Klaus Naumann
1999–2002 Guido Venturoni
2002–2005 Harald Kujat
2005–2008 Ray Henault
2008–2011 Giampaolo Di Paola
2011–2015 Knud Bartels
2015–2016 Petr Pavel

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