Lieutenant General Robert Mood was born on 8 December 1958 and is a former President of Norwegian Red Cross and a retired Norwegian Army officer.
12 Facts About Robert Mood
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Robert Mood is the former head of the United Nations Supervision Mission in Syria, Inspector General of the Norwegian Army, and Chief of Staff of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization.
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Robert Mood grew up with two sisters, one older and one younger.
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Robert Mood's family enjoyed outdoor activities such as sailing, hunting, and mountain hiking, and he has stated a wish of being able to live on an old sailboat, immersing himself in that lifestyle, after he retires.
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Robert Mood was operations officer with the Norwegian Battalion in the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon during the Lebanese Civil War, which ended in 1990.
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Robert Mood was lieutenant commander at Telemark Battalion from 1993 to 1994, was promoted lieutenant colonel in 1996 and, following training with the United States Marine Corps, acted as operations officer for the 6th Division until 1998.
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Robert Mood then became head of Telemark Battalion, which was deployed in Kosovo from 1999 to 2000.
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Robert Mood held this position for two years, as his predecessor Jon B Lilland had done.
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Robert Mood was promoted to colonel in 2000 when he was appointed as Chief of Planning Branch of the Norwegian High Command.
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Robert Mood was promoted lieutenant general and made chief of the Military Mission in Brussels in January 2014.
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Robert Mood himself refused to answer media questions about his presence at the Security Council meeting wearing military uniform.
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Robert Mood has been awarded the following decorations: Defense Service Medal with Laurel Branch, Armed Forces Medal for International Operations with three stars, Army National Service Medal with three stars, the United Nations Medal for UNTSO, the United Nations Medal for UNIFIL, NATO Medal for Kosovo and the Norwegian Veteran Association of International Operations badge of honor.