Jens Stoltenberg
Jens Stoltenberg (
listen (help·info); born 16 March 1959) is a Norwegian politician who was the 13th Secretary General of NATO from 2014 to 2024. He was the Prime Minister of Norway from 2000 to 2001 and again from 2005 to 2013. He is a member of the Labour Party. On 28 March 2014, he was appointed by NATO's North Atlantic Council as Secretary General of NATO and chairman of the North Atlantic Council, in succession to Anders Fogh Rasmussen. He has held the position since 1 October 2014.[1]
Jens Stoltenberg | |
|---|---|
 Stoltenberg in 2024 | |
| 13th Secretary General of NATO | |
| In office 1 October 2014 – 1 October 2024 | |
| Deputy | Alexander Vershbow Rose Gottemoeller Mircea Geoană |
| Preceded by | Anders Fogh Rasmussen |
| Succeeded by | Mark Rutte |
| 34th Prime Minister of Norway | |
| In office 17 October 2005 – 16 October 2013 | |
| Monarch | Harald V |
| Preceded by | Kjell Magne Bondevik |
| Succeeded by | Erna Solberg |
| In office 17 March 2000 – 19 October 2001 | |
| Monarch | Harald V |
| Preceded by | Kjell Magne Bondevik |
| Succeeded by | Kjell Magne Bondevik |
| Leader of the Opposition | |
| In office 16 October 2013 – 14 June 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | Erna Solberg |
| Preceded by | Erna Solberg |
| Succeeded by | Jonas Gahr Støre |
| In office 19 October 2001 – 17 October 2005 | |
| Prime Minister | Kjell Magne Bondevik |
| Succeeded by | Erna Solberg |
| Leader of the Labour Party | |
| In office 10 November 2002 – 14 June 2014 | |
| Deputy | Hill-Marta Solberg Helga Pedersen |
| Preceded by | Thorbjørn Jagland |
| Succeeded by | Jonas Gahr Støre |
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 25 October 1996 – 17 October 1997 | |
| Prime Minister | Thorbjørn Jagland |
| Preceded by | Sigbjørn Johnsen |
| Succeeded by | Gudmund Restad |
| Minister of Industry and Energy | |
| In office 7 October 1993 – 25 October 1996 | |
| Prime Minister | Gro Harlem Brundtland |
| Preceded by | Finn Kristensen (as Minister of Industry) |
| Succeeded by | Grete Faremo (as Minister of Petroleum and Energy) |
| Member of the Norwegian Parliament | |
| In office 1 October 1993 – 30 September 2017 | |
| Deputy | Anders Hornslien Inger Lise Husøy Ragnar Bøe Elgsaas Truls Wickholm Håkon Haugli |
| Constituency | Oslo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 March 1959 Oslo, Norway |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | |
| Children | 2 |
| Parents | Karin Heiberg Thorvald Stoltenberg |
| Alma mater | University of Oslo (Cand.oecon.) |
| Awards | |
| Signature |  |
| Website | Official Facebook Official Twitter |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Norway |
| Branch/service |  Norwegian Army |
Stoltenberg has been a member of the Global Commission for the Economy and Climate.[2][3] Stoltenberg was born in Oslo, and is a member of the Stoltenberg political family. He is married to Ingrid Schulerud and they have two children together. He is an agnostic.[4]
During the 2011 Norway attacks, the building where the prime minister's office then was - was bombed; Stoltenberg was then at the prime minister's residence (or the building which becomes the prime mininster's home, until he no longer is a prime minister).[5]
On February 4th, 2022 he was named as the incoming governor of Norges Bank.[6] However, after a NATO summit in March 2022 concerning the war in Ukraine, Stoltenberg accepted a renewed term of one year to continue as NATO secretary-general and thereby resigned as incoming central bank governor. Acting Governor Ida Wolden Bache was instead given the term that Stoltenberg was meant to take on.[7]
In August 2013, Stoltenberg that he had spent an afternoon working secretly as a taxi driver in Oslo.[8] Stoltenberg said he had wanted to "hear from real Norwegian voters" and that "taxis were one of the few places where people shared their true views." He added that, before driving the taxi, he had not driven a car in eight years.[8]
Family: Stoltenberg's father, Thorvald (1931–2018), was the Foreign Minister in the Brundtland government twice.
References
change- ↑ "Jens Stoltenberg named as next Nato chief". The Independent. 29 March 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
- ↑ "The Global Commission | New Climate Economy | Commission on the Economy and Climate". Archived from the original on 2015-06-27. Retrieved 2015-06-16.
- ↑ Major figures join project’s Global Commission November 27, 2013
- ↑ Erik Fossen; Håvard Bjelland (31 December 2011). "- Man må tro at det nytter". Bergens Tidende. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
- ↑ Tolfsen, Caroline (22 July 2017). "Stoltenberg om 22. juli: – Det var som en demning som brast". NRK.
- ↑ "Jens Stoltenberg blir sentralbanksjef" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang.
- ↑ Solvang, Tiril Mettesdatter (2022-03-24). "Stoltenberg: Det viktigste jeg kan gjøre i mitt liv". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2022-04-29.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Norway PM Jens Stoltenberg works as secret taxi driver". BBC News. 11 August 2013. Archived from the original on 11 August 2013.
Other websites
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- Jens Stoltenberg at the NATO website
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