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Born in 1950
Married with two children


  

Thorbjørn Jagland
Secretary General

 

Curriculum Vitae

PROFESSIONAL CAREER


Cabinet positions

Prime Minister (1996-1997)

Minister of Foreign Affairs (2000-2001)


Parliamentary positions


President of the Norwegian Parliament (Storting), (2005-2009)

Member of Parliament (1993-2009)

Committees

Member of the Standing Committee on Defence and the Enlarged Foreign Affairs Committee (2005-2009)

Chairman of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Enlarged Foreign Affairs Committee (2001-2005)
 
Chairman of the EEA Consultative Committee since 2000-2005, member of the Committee (1994-1996 and again from 1997-2000)

Member of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Enlarged Foreign Affairs Committee (1993-1996 and 1997-2000), Chairman of the Committee for two months in 2000


European and Transatlantic parliamentary positions


Head of the Norwegian delegation for Relations with the European Parliament (2001-2005)

Member of the Norwegian delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, 2001-2005 Member of the Norwegian delegation to the Nordic Council (1993-1996 and 1997-2000)

Head of the Norwegian delegation at the Second Summit of the Council of Europe (Strasbourg 1997)

Member of the Norwegian delegation for Relations with the European Parliament (1993-1996 and 1997-2000)


International political positions


Chairman of the Board of Directors, Oslo Center for Peace and Human Rights since 2006 Chair of the Socialist International Middle East Committee (2000-2006)

Member of the Sharm El-Sheikh Fact-Finding Commission (''Mitchell Commission'') (2000-2001)

Vice President of the Socialist International (1999-2008)

Member of the International Board of Governors, Peres Center for Peace since 1997

Chair of the Socialist International Finance and Administration Committee (1987-1992)


National political positions


Chairman of the Norwegian Labour Party (1992-2002)

Party secretary of the Labour Party (1987-1992)

Secretary of the Labour Party Programme Committee (1986-1989)

Chairman of the Labour Party International Committee since 1986

Acting party secretary of the Labour Party (1986-87)

Secretary of the Labour Party Committee on Disarmament since 1982

Chairman of the Norwegian Labour Youth League (1977-1981)

Chairman of the Labour Youth League, Buskerud County (1973-1976) 

Elected positions in Local Government

Member of Buskerud County Council (1975-1983)


EDUCATION

Degree in Economics, University of Oslo, 1975 


PUBLICATIONS

In the course of his political career, Mr. Jagland has published a large number of articles and publications, as well as books, on Norwegian and international issues, in particular on European issues. In 1990, he published the book ''Min Europeiske Drøm'' (''My European Dream'').  



 

 



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