Thorvald Stoltenberg
Norwegian politician and diplomat (1931–2018) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Thorvald Stoltenberg (8 July 1931 – 13 July 2018) was a Norwegian politician and diplomat. He served as Minister of Defence from 1979 to 1981 and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1987 to 1989 and again from 1990 to 1993 in two Labour governments.
Thorvald Stoltenberg | |
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 3 November 1990 – 2 April 1993 | |
| Prime Minister | Gro Harlem Brundtland |
| Preceded by | Kjell Magne Bondevik |
| Succeeded by | Johan Jørgen Holst |
| In office 9 March 1987 – 16 October 1989 | |
| Prime Minister | Gro Harlem Brundtland |
| Preceded by | Knut Frydenlund |
| Succeeded by | Kjell Magne Bondevik |
| Minister of Defence | |
| In office 8 October 1979 – 14 October 1981 | |
| Prime Minister | Odvar Nordli Gro Harlem Brundtland |
| Preceded by | Rolf A. Hansen |
| Succeeded by | Anders Sjaastad |
| United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | |
| In office 1 January 1990 – 3 November 1990 | |
| Preceded by | Jean-Pierre Hocké |
| Succeeded by | Sadako Ogata |
| President of the Norwegian Red Cross | |
| In office 1999–2008 | |
| Preceded by | Astrid Nøklebye Heiberg |
| Succeeded by | Sven Mollekleiv |
| Norwegian Ambassador to the United Nations | |
| In office 1989–1990 | |
| Preceded by | Tom Vraalsen |
| Succeeded by | Martin Huslid |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1931-07-08)8 July 1931 Oslo, Norway |
| Died | 13 July 2018(2018-07-13) (aged 87) Oslo, Norway |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse | Karin Heiberg |
| Children | Camilla Jens Nini |
From 1989 to 1990, Stoltenberg served as the Norwegian ambassador to the United Nations. In 1990, he became the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, serving for one year after which he rejoined the Norwegian government.[1][2] In 1992, 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.[3] In 1993, he was appointed Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for the former Yugoslavia and U.N. 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.[4]
In 2003 he was appointed chairman of the board of the 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.[5] He was also a member of the Trilateral Commission, and held a seat on their executive committee.[1][6][7]
At the local level, Stoltenberg was elected to the Oslo City Council in 2015.[8]