Minister of Foreign Affairs
Jonas Gahr Støre

2005-

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jens Stoltenberg’s second government

2000-2001

State Secretary and Chief of Staff, Office of the Prime Minister, Jens Stoltenberg’s first government

2003-2005

Secretary General, the Norwegian Red Cross

2002-2003

Working Chair, ECON Analysis

1998-2000

Chief of Staff, World Health Organisation

1998

Ambassador, Norwegian Mission to the UN in Geneva

1995-1998

Director General, International Department, Office of the Prime Minister

1989-1995

Special Adviser, Office of the Prime Minister

1986-1989

Researcher, the Norwegian School of Management

1986

Teaching Fellow, Harvard negotiation project, Harvard Law School

1981-1985

Degree in political science, specialising in history and social economics, Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris

1979-1981

Naval Officers Training School (OMA III), The Royal Norwegian Naval Academy

Norwegian

Mother tongue

English

Fluent

French

Fluent

German

Working knowledge