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Nobel Peace panel chief demoted
Nobel Peace Panel Chief Demoted. Norway\'s influential Nobel Peace Prize committee on Tuesday demoted its controversial chairman Thorbjoern Jagland in a move unprecedented in the history of the award.
Oslo: Norway's influential Nobel Peace Prize committee on Tuesday demoted its controversial chairman Thorbjoern Jagland in a move unprecedented in the history of the award.
The committee, which said the former Norwegian prime minister would remain as a committee member, gave no reason for its decision.
However the renowned diplomat had drawn sharp criticism shortly after becoming committee chairman in 2009 for awarding the prestigious Nobel to newly elect US President Barack Obama.
The move stunned the world and the recipient alike, as Obama had been in office less than nine months and the US was waging wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
A year later, the committee also drew Beijing's ire for handing the prize to jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, a move that effectively put Norway-China relations on ice. Jagland will be replaced by current deputy head, Kaci Kullmann Five, the organisation said.
