Difference between revisions of "Jens Stoltenberg"

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-|office=Prime Minister
-|country=Norway
-|term_start=17 October 2005
-|term_end=
-|party=[[Labor Party (Norway)|Labor Party]]
-|previous=Kjell Magne Bondevik
-|next=
-|term_start2=17 March 2000
-|term_end2=19 October 2001
-|previous2=Kjell Magne Bondevik
-|next2=Kjell Magne Bondevik
-|birth_date=16 March 1959
-|birth_place=[[Oslo]], [[Norway]]
-|spouse=Ingrid Schulerud
-}}
-'''Jens Stolenberg''' (born 16 March 1959 in [[Oslo]]) is the Norwegian [[Labour Party (Norway)|Labor Party leader]], and the Prime Minister of [[Norway]] since 17 October 2005. He was previously Prime Minister 2000–2001. A clever, affable outdoorsy type given to scuba diving, hunting and hiking, he ranks high in popularity polls.
-== Career ==
-Stoltenberg was in [[Gro Harlem Brundtland]]'s third cabinet (1993–1996), where he was Minister of Commerce and Energy. He was Minister of Finance in [[Thorbjørn Jagland]]'s cabinet (1996–1997), and became Leader of the [[Norwegian Labour Party]] in 2002, after being Vice Leader since 1992.
-== Prime Minister ==
-Stoltenberg's left-leaning government narrowly defeated a splintered center-right opposition in the September 2009 elections.  The Labor government came under challenge by  Siv Jensen and her right-wing populist Progress Party, which has gained support by calling for lowering Norway's famously high taxes and tightening immigration rules. Debate centered on how to manage the Nordic welfare state's oil wealth.<ref>Karl Ritter, "[http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090914/ap_on_re_eu/eu_norway_election Norway election focused on oil wealth]", ''AP'' Sept. 14, 2009</ref>
-Stolenberg's current cabinet consists of Labor, [[Center Party (Norway)|Center]] and [[Socialist Left Party (Norway)|Socialist Left]] Parties, and holds the majority in the Norwegian parliament, the [[Stortinget|Storting]].
-Reelected in September 2009, Stoltenberg’s next task is to draw up a new coalition pact and a budget for 2010. He favors oil exploration around the pristine Lofoten archipelago in the Arctic, but this is opposed by the Socialist Left. He wants Norway to join the [[European Union]]—particularly if Iceland succeeds in its quest for membership, but Norwegians have turned down membership before.
-== References ==
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-{{DEFAULTSORT:Stoltenberg, Jens}}
-[[Category:Prime Ministers of Norway]]

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