The State Administration Database

Section for the Middle East and North Africa

This page shows the event history for this unit.

01.01.2000* Founding by complex reorganization

Name: * Middle-East desk
Short name: Midtøsten-desken
Affiliations: Ministry
Hierarchical level: Section
Located: 301 Oslo

01.01.2002* Change of name

Name: * Middle-East section
Short name: Midt-Østen-seksjonen

Please note that this event has comments in Norwegian that are for the present not translated into English.

01.01.2012* Change of name

Name: Section for the Middle East and North Africa
Short name: Seksjon for Midtøsten og Nord-Afrika

Please note that this event has comments in Norwegian that are for the present not translated into English.

Remarks

* = If a date is denoted with an asterisk (*), this implies that the date is not confirmed.

* = If a name is denoted with an asterisk (*), this implies a direct translation from Norwegian to English. The translation is thus not necessarily the official one (if any exists at all).

Comment to the change-of-name event: Sometimes the old and new name is the same. This occur when the translation to English haven’t taken into consideration minor Norwegian name change.