Thorvald Stoltenberg
| Thorvald Stoltenberg | |
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 3 November 1990 – 2 April 1993 |
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| Prime Minister | Gro Harlem Brundtland |
| Preceded by | Kjell Magne Bondevik |
| Succeeded by | Johan Jørgen Holst |
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In office 9 March 1987 – 16 October 1989 |
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| Prime Minister | Gro Harlem Brundtland |
| Preceded by | Knut Frydenlund |
| Succeeded by | Kjell Magne Bondevik |
| Minister of Defence | |
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In office 8 October 1979 – 14 October 1981 |
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| Prime Minister | Odvar Nordli |
| Preceded by | Rolf Arthur Hansen |
| Succeeded by | Anders Sjaastad |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
8 July 1931 Oslo, Norway |
| Political party | Labour Party |
| Spouse(s) | Karin Heiberg |
| Children |
Jens Camilla Nini |
Thorvald Stoltenberg (born 8 July 1931) is a former Norwegian politician. His ancestors stem from Tønsberg. He served as Minister of Defence (1979–81) and Minister of Foreign Affairs (1987–1989 and 1990–1993) in two Labour governments.
From 1989 to 1990 he was appointed Norwegian Ambassador to the UN. In 1990 he became the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, but served only one year before rejoining the Norwegian government. In 1992, Thorvald Stoltenberg, together with nine Baltic Ministers of Foreign Affairs and an EU commissioner, founded the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) and the EuroFaculty. In 1993 appointed Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for the former Yugoslavia and UN Co-Chairman of the Steering Committee of the International Conference on the former Yugoslavia. Thorvald Stoltenberg was also the UN witness at the signing of Erdut Agreement.
In 2003 he was appointed Chairman of the Board of International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA). Between 1999 and 2008 he was President of the Norwegian Red Cross, the only president to serve three terms. He is also a member of the Trilateral Commission, and holds a seat on their Executive Committee.
At the local level, Stoltenberg was elected in Oslo City Council 2015-.
Stoltenberg was born in Oslo.
In his youth Stoltenberg became heavily involved in the organization of Hungarian refugees fleeing the invading Soviet Army in 1956. In one particular situation, evacuating refugees by boat in the middle of the night, he jumped into the strong currents, risking his own life to save one of the boats. One of the other rescuers, future famous American journalist Barry Farber called this the greatest act of courage he has ever seen in his life. Stoltenberg himself kept the story a secret, until Farber in December 2006 revealed it on the Norwegian talk-show Først & sist.
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