Thorleif Lintrup Paus

{{Short description|Norwegian diplomat (1912–2006)}} '''Thorleif Lintrup Paus''' (6 January 1912 – 28 November 2006) was a Norwegian lawyer and diplomat.

Born at [[Rjukan]], he finished law school in 1937 and worked as a [[judge]] before joining the [[diplomatic service]] after [[World War II]]. He was a bureau chief at the Foreign Ministry, first secretary at the embassy in [[Washington D.C.]] and the mission in [[Bern]], counselor at the embassy in [[London]], counselor at the embassy in [[Rome]] and, from 1962, [[consul general]] in [[Singapore]].

In 1965, the King appointed him ambassador to [[Iran]] and, in 1969, the ambassador to [[Brazil]]. Finally, he was ambassador to [[Mexico]] until retiring in 1980.<ref>{{cite news |last1= Namtvedt |first1=Leidulv | author-link1 = Leidulv Namtvedt |date=20 December 2006 |title= Thorleif L. Paus |url= http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_aftenposten_morgen_1_20061220_147_588_2#41 |newspaper=[[Aftenposten]] |language=no |page= 14}}</ref>

==Honours== *Commander of the [[Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav]] (1972)

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