Article: Nobel Peace Prize committee elects new chairman

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Dateline: OSLO, Norway A medical professor was elected chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee Tuesday as it met for the first time with three new members.

Ole Danbolt Mjoes, a professor at the University of Tromsoe, succeeded Gunnar Berge, whose two-year term presiding over nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize ended this month.

Members of the five-person Nobel Committee are appointed by Norway' s Storting, or parliament, and typically reflect its political makeup. Terms last six years and members can be reappointed.

Mjoes is a member of Norway's Christian Democratic Party. Other new members include Kaci Kullman Five, who once led the Conservative Party, and former ...

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