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Jens Stoltenberg

Jens Stoltenberg
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13th Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Assumed office
1 October 2014
Preceded by Anders Fogh Rasmussen
20th 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
3 March 2000 – 19 October 2001
Monarch Harald V
Preceded by Kjell Magne Bondevik
Succeeded by Kjell Magne Bondevik
Leader of the Labour Party
In office
6 April 2002 – 14 June 2014
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 – 24 October 1996
Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland
Preceded by Finn Kristensen (Industry)
Succeeded by Grete Knudsen
Personal details
Born (1959-03-16) 16 March 1959 (age 57)
Oslo, Norway
Political party Labour
Spouse(s) Ingrid Schulerud (1987–present)
Children 2
Parents Karin Heiberg
Thorvald Stoltenberg
Alma mater University of Oslo
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Jens Stoltenberg (About this sound listen ; born 16 March 1959) is a Norwegian politician, and the 13th Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. He served as Prime Minister of Norway from 2000 to 2001, and from 2005 to 2013.

Stoltenberg was first elected to Parliament in 1993 for the Oslo constituency, and is a member of the Labour Party. He served as State Secretary in the Ministry of the Environment from 1990 to 1991, and as Minister of Industry from 1993 to 1996 in the Brundtland's Third Cabinet. Following the resignation of Gro Harlem Brundtland in 1996, Thorbjørn Jagland became Prime Minister, and Stoltenberg was appointed Minister of Finance, an office that he held until October 1997, when Jagland and the entire government resigned as a consequence of its 36.9 ultimatum. While in parliamentary opposition, Stoltenberg served in the standing committee on energy affairs. He became the Parliamentary Leader and Prime Minister candidate for the Labour Party in February 2000.


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