Jonas Gahr Støre
| Jonas Gahr Støre | |
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| Leader of the Opposition | |
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Assumed office 14 June 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | Erna Solberg |
| Preceded by | Jens Stoltenberg |
| Leader of the Labour Party | |
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Assumed office 14 June 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Jens Stoltenberg |
| Minister of Health and Care Services | |
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In office 21 September 2012 – 16 October 2013 |
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| Prime Minister | Jens Stoltenberg |
| Preceded by | Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen |
| Succeeded by | Bent Høie |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 17 October 2005 – 21 September 2012 |
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| Prime Minister | Jens Stoltenberg |
| Preceded by | Jan Petersen |
| Succeeded by | Espen Barth Eide |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
25 August 1960 Oslo, Norway |
| Political party | Labour |
| Relations | Marit Slagsvold |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater |
Royal Norwegian Naval Academy Sciences Po London School of Economics |
Jonas Gahr Støre (born 25 August 1960) is a Norwegian politician and the leader of the Labour Party and the Leader of the Opposition. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs 2005–2012 and as Minister of Health and Care Services 2012–2013. He has been a member of the Storting since 2009, and was deputy chair of the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs from 2013 until being elected party leader in 2014. He is currently a member of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence.
Støre studied political science at Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris from 1981 to 1985. He worked for Gro Harlem Brundtland as adviser and later director general at the Prime Minister's Office from 1989 to 1997. He was Executive director at the World Health Organization from 1998 to 2000 and Secretary General of the Norwegian Red Cross from 2003 to 2005.
Born in Oslo, Jonas Gahr Støre is the son of ship broker Ulf Jonas Støre (1925-) and librarian Unni Gahr (1931-). He attended Berg School in Oslo, then underwent naval officer training at the Royal Norwegian Naval Academy. He later studied political science for five years at the Sciences Po in Paris.
Støre started his professional career as a teaching fellow in the Harvard Negotiation Project at Harvard Law School in 1986. This was followed by a position as a researcher at the Norwegian School of Management from 1986 to 1989.
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