Jens Stoltenberg was
born in Oslo on
16 March 1959. He is married to Ingrid Schulerud. They have two children.
Mr. Stoltenberg is
Candidatus Oeconomiae (economist) at the University of Oslo
from 1987.
Mr. Stoltenberg was
Prime Minister 2000-2001, Minister of Finance 1996-1997 in Thorbjørn Jagland’s
government, Minister of Trade and Energy 1993-1996 in Gro Harlem
Brundtland’s government, and state secretary at the Ministry of the Environment
1990-1991 under Gro Harlem Brundtland’s government.
Mr. Stoltenberg has
been member of the Storting (parliament) for Oslo since 1993, and was deputy member of the
Storting 1989-1993. He was Labour’s parliamentary leader at the change of
government, member of the Storting’s standing committee on social affairs
1991-1993, leader of the standing committee on oil and energy affairs 1997-2000
and member of the standing committee on foreign affairs 2001-2005.
Mr. Stoltenberg has
been leader of the Labour Party since 2002, was deputy leader 1992-2002, and
has been member of the party’s central board since 1985. He was leader of the
Labour Youth League (AUF) 1985-1989, member of the AUF central board 1979-1989,
vice president of the International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY) 1985-1989,
and leader of Oslo Labour Party 1990-1992.
Mr. Stoltenberg has a
forceful engagement for development issues and is a strong supporter of the
United Nations. He was member of the board of the Global Vaccine Fund
2001-2005, member of the Norwegian Defence Commission 1990-1992 and headed the
Government’s Commission on male roles in 1986.
Jens Stoltenberg was
part-time journalist on the national daily Arbeiderbladet 1979-1981,
information secretary at Oslo Labour Party 1981, executive officer at
Statistics Norway 1989-1990 and lectured in economics at the University of Oslo
1989-1990.
Updated 13 September 2006
