OSLO (Reuters) - The committee that picks the Nobel Peace Prize demoted its chairman on Tuesday for the first time in the 114-year history of the awards after his right-wing opponents gained a majority on the panel.
Thorbjoern Jagland, a former Norwegian prime minister of the Labour Party who has been chairman of the five-member panel since 2009, will now be a mere member of the prestigious committee. Kaci Kullmann Five, a former leader of the ruling Conservative Party, will take over.
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