Jens Stoltenberg
Jens Stoltenberg, is a Norwegian politician who has been the secretary general of NATO since 2014. A member of the Norwegian Labour Party, he was previously the prime minister of Norway from 2000 to 2001 and again from 2005 until 2013.
Some of the key events about Jens Stoltenberg
- 1985Elected as leader of the Workers' Youth League, the youth wing of the Norwegian Labour Party
- 1985Arrested during a demonstration against South African apartheid outside the country's embassy in Oslo
- 1993Appointed as Minister of Industry and Energy in Gro Harlem Brundtland's cabinet
- 2000Became Prime Minister of Norway for the first time, leading a coalition government
- 2000Faced criticism for privatizing state-owned companies as Minister of Finance
- 2005Returned as Prime Minister, leading a red-green coalition government
- 2005Criticized for slow government response to the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster
- 2007Faced controversy over the forced deportation of asylum seekers, particularly to Afghanistan
- 2009Re-elected as Prime Minister, continuing to lead Norway's government
- 2009Criticized for Norway's delayed response to the swine flu pandemic
- 2011Handled the response to the July 22 terrorist attacks with widely praised leadership
- 2011Faced intense scrutiny and criticism for security failures leading to the Oslo and Utøya terror attacks
- 2013Appointed as the United Nations Special Envoy on Climate Change
- 2013Criticized for Norway's involvement in NATO's military intervention in Libya
- 2014Became the 13th Secretary General of NATO
- 2014Accused of violating Norway's constitution by accepting the position of NATO Secretary General while still serving as Prime Minister
- 2018Secured a second term as NATO Secretary General
- 2018Faced criticism for NATO's continued expansion eastward, which some viewed as provocative towards Russia
- 2022Led NATO's response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, strengthening the alliance's unity
- 2022Criticized for NATO's handling of the withdrawal from Afghanistan and the subsequent Taliban takeover
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