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WHO’S WHO
Paris, 29-30 May 2013
Paris, 29-30 mai 2013
Heads of Delegation
Chefs de délégation
NORVEGE (PRESIDENT) / NORWAY (CHAIR)
Jens Stoltenberg
Prime Minister
Jens Stoltenberg was born in Oslo on 16 March 1959. He spent his childhood years in Belgrade,
Yugoslavia, and Oslo, with his diplomat father, mother and two sisters.
Jens Stoltenberg is an economist from the University of Oslo and went to work in Statistics Norway after
graduating in 1987. He was called by Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland to serve as Under-Secretary
for the Environment in 1990. In 1993 he was elected Member of Parliament for Oslo, and was also
appointed Minister of Trade and Energy in the Brundtland Government. He served as Minister of Finance
from 1996 to 1997, when the Labour Party lost the election, and he then returned to Parliament.
Jens Stoltenberg was appointed Prime Minister for the first time at the age of 40 in 2000. He stepped
down following the election the year after. He was leader of the opposition until 2005, when he again
became Prime Minister after the election that year, which brought in a coalition government. His
coalition won the next election in 2009 and held on to the majority in Parliament.
Jens Stoltenberg has also had a number of international assignments. In 2005 he was asked by the UN
Secretary-General to co-chair the High-Level Panel on System Wide Coherence. The High-Level Panel
presented its report UN – Delivering as One to the Secretary-General in 2006.
In 2010 Jens Stoltenberg became co-chair of the UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Advisory Group on
Climate Change Financing, together with the Ethiopian Prime Minister, Meles Zenawi. The
recommendations of the Advisory Group are now being followed up in relevant international forums.
Stoltenberg has been strongly committed to mobilising political support and funds for fighting maternal
and child mortality. In 2012 he co-chaired the UN Commission on Life-saving Commodities for women
and children together with the President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan. The Commission has presented
its recommendations to the UN Secretary-General to ensure lifesaving medicines in connection with
childbirth.
Jens Stoltenberg is married to Ingrid Schulerud, a diplomat. They have two grown-up children.
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NORVEGE (PRESIDENT) / NORWAY (CHAIR)
Sigbjørn Johnsen
Minister of Finance
Sigbjørn Johnsen became Minister of Finance for the second time on 20 October 2009. He represents the
Labour Party in a majority government also consisting of the Socialist Left Party and the Centre Party.
Mr. Johnsen was Member of Parliament 1976-1997, including Member of the Standing Committee on
Finance 1980-1990. His first term as Minister of Finance was 1990-1996. He was County Governor of
Hedmark 1997-2009.
Sigbjørn Johnsen has led several major public commissions, including the Election Law Commission 1997-
2000 and the Pension Commission 2000-2002. He was member of Norges Bank's (the Central Bank)
Executive Board 1999-2004.
Mr. Johnsen was born in Lillehammer on 1 October 1950, and is married with three children.
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