Minister of Foreign Affairs Espen Barth Eide (Lab.)

1983-93 (1998):

Masters degree in political science, University of Oslo

1991:

Political science studies at the Autonomous University of Barcelona

2012–:

Minister of Foreign Affairs

2011–12:

Minister of Defence

2010–11:

State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

2005–10:

State Secretary, Ministry of Defence

2002–05:

Head of the Department of International Politics, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI)

2004–05:

Senior Adviser UN, New York. Responsible for Report on Integrated Missions

2003–04:

Member of the resource group to the UN High-level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change

2000–01:

State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

1996–00:

Head of NUPI’s UN programme, with particular focus on international engagement in the Balkan conflict, peacekeeping operations and the UN’s role.

1993–96:

Researcher in NUPI’s UN programme, with focus on peacekeeping operations in the Balkans, and Nordic and European security.

1991–93:

Project Manager and General Secretary of the European Movement International in Norway prior to the Norwegian referendum on EU membership in 1994.

1988–89:

Secretary for a government-initiated commission set up to recommend strategies for the internationalisation of higher education in Norway.

1988:

Political secretary, Oslo Labour Party's city council group.

1985:

Student representative, the University of Oslo

2001–:

The Norwegian Labour Party's representative in the Party of European Socialists. Since 2003, he has participated in the transatlantic dialogue between social democrats in Europe and the Democratic Party in the US.

Member of the International Committee of the Norwegian Labour Party, and of the International Forum of Oslo Labour Party.

2003:

Selected as a “Global Leader of Tomorrow” by the World Economic Forum, Davos.

2000–02:

Member of the board of the Academic Council of the United Nations system.

1996–00:

Member of the Lessons-learned Advisory Board at the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations.

Permanent member of several international forums for security policy, including the Annual NATO Review.

Participant in several projects in the European Union Institute for Security Studies in Paris.

Received the Norwegian Petroleum Society Educational Fund Award in 2005 for an analysis of Norway's strategic perspectives in the Arctic.