Sir Arvi Parbo (born 10 February 1926, in Tallinn, Estonia) is a business executive who was concurrently chairman of three of Australia's largest companies. He was made a Knight Bachelor for services to industry in 1978. Sir is an honorary title. ... 1926 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... County Harju County Mayor Tõnis Palts Area 159. ... The dignity of Knight Bachelor is a part of the British honours system. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ...

Along with thousands of his Estonian countrymen, Parbo fled from his homeland ahead of the Soviet occupation in 1944, ending up in a refugee camp (DP camp) in Germany. After attending the Clausthal Mining Academy in Germany from 1946 to 1948 he migrated to Australia in 1949. He graduated from the University of Adelaide with a Bachelor of Engineering degree in 1955. State motto (Russian): Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! (Transliterated: Proletarii vsekh stran, soedinyaytes!) (Translated: Workers of the world, unite!) Capital Moscow Official language None; Russian (de facto) Government Federation of Socialist republics/ Communist state Area  - Total  - % water Largest on the planet 22,402,200 km² ?% Population  - Total  - Density 3rd before collapse 293,047,571 (July... This term is generally used for the Soviet occupation of the Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania) in the first phases of World War II. // History of the occupation Before the beginning of World War II Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed an ostensible non-aggression treaty known as... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... A refugee camp is a camp built up by governments or NGOs (such as the ICRC) to receive refugees. ... Power lines leading to a trash dump hover just overhead in El Carpio, a Nicaraguan refugee camp in Costa Rica Under international law, a refugee is a person who is outside his/her country of nationality or habitual residence; has a well-founded fear of persecution because of his/her... Clausthal-Zellerfeld is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... The University of Adelaide The University of Adelaide (or Adelaide University) is located in Adelaide, South Australia. ... Bachelor of Engineering (BEng or BE) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded to a student after four or five years of studying engineering at an accredited university in the United Kingdom and other countries, such as Australia. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Parbo joined Western Mining Corporation in 1956 and over the next 12 years held the positions of Underground Surveyor, Underground Manager, Technical Assistant to the Managing Director, and Deputy General Superintendent. He was appointed General Manager in 1968 and became a Director in 1970. He was appointed Deputy Managing Director in 1971 and became Managing Director in the same year. In 1974, Parbo was appointed Chairman and Managing Director of Western Mining Corporation, subsequently renamed WMC Limited. In 1986 he relinquished this position and became Executive Chairman. In 1990 he retired as an executive but was appointed non-executive Chairman and retired from this position in 1999. WMC Resources Limited is an Australian diversified mining and fertilizer company formerly listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX:WMR). ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... WMC Resources Limited is an Australian diversified mining and fertilizer company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX:WMR). ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Temptations album, see 1990 (Temptations album) MCMXC redirects here; for the Enigma album, see MCMXC a. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) is a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

Parbo was Chairman of Alcoa of Australia from 1978 to 1996, Chairman of Munich Reinsurance Company of Australia from 1984 to 1998 and Chairman of Zurich Australian Insurance group from 1985 to 1998. He was appointed a Director of the Aluminum Company of America from 1980 to 1998, Hoechst Australian Investments from 1981 to 1997, Chase AMP Bank from 1985 to 1991 and Sara Lee Corporation from 1991 to 1998. In 1987, Parbo was appointed a Director of the Broken Hill Proprietary Company (BHP) and was appointed Chairman in 1989 until retirement in 1992. Alcoa NYSE: AA is the world’s leading producer of primary and fabricated aluminum, and alumina with operations in 43 countries. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Münchener Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft (also Munich Re in English) is the worlds largest reinsurance company based in Munich, Germany. ... This page is about the year 1984. ... 1998(MCMXCVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Zurich Financial Services Group is a major financial services group based in Zurich, Switzerland. ... This article is about the year. ... This article is about the company. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Hoechst AG was a company focusing on life sciences, specifically pharmaceuticals, agriculture, and animal health. ... The Chase Manhattan Bank was formed by the merger of the Chase National Bank and the Bank of the Manhattan Company in 1955. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sara Lee Corporation (NYSE: SLE) is an American consumer-goods company based in Chicago, Illinois; Sara Lee is also the brand name of a number of frozen and packaged foods. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Broken Hill Proprietary Company (BHP) was incorporated in 1895, operating the mine at Broken Hill in western New South Wales. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...