Børge Brende

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Børge Brende

Minister of Foreign Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 October 2013
Prime Minister	Erna Solberg
Preceded by	Espen Barth Eide
Personal details
Born	(1965-09-25) 25 September 1965 Odda, Norway
Nationality	Norwegian
Political party	Conservative Party
Alma mater	Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Børge Brende (born 25 September 1965) is a Norwegian politician from the Conservative Party and has been as Minister of Foreign Affairs since 16 October 2013. He served as Minister of the Environment 2001–2004 and as Minister of Trade and Industry 2004–2005, and as a member of the Storting 1997–2009.

Brende served as Chairman of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development 2003-2004. In 2005 he took up the appointment of International Vice Chairman of the China Council for the International Cooperation on Environment and Development (advisory board to the State Council).

In January 2008, Brende joined the World Economic Forum as Managing Director, particularly in charge of relations with governments and civil society. In 2009, Børge Brende joined the Norwegian Red Cross as Secretary General.^[1] He re-joined the World Economic Forum in 2011 as Managing Director with responsibility for policy initiatives and engagement of the Forum's non-business constituents.^[2]

Brende is married and has two sons.^[3]^[4]

External links

(Norwegian) Brende's CV at the Ministry of Trade and Industry

References

↑ http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/article2942612.ece
↑ http://www.weforum.org/news/norwegian-red-cross-chief-join-world-economic-forum
↑ Børge Brende (H, Sør-Trøndelag) Nettavisen 15 August 2005. Retrieved 17 October 2013 (Norwegian)
↑ Børge Brende har sagt ja til å bli utenriksminister VG. Retrieved 17 October 2013 (Norwegian)

Political offices
Preceded by Siri Bjerke	Minister of the Environment 2001–2004	Succeeded by Knut Arild Hareide
Preceded by Ansgar Gabrielsen	Minister of Trade and Industry 2004–2005	Succeeded by Odd Eriksen
Preceded by Espen Barth Eide	Minister of Foreign Affairs 2013–	Succeeded by Incumbent
Non-profit organization positions
Preceded by Trygve G Nordby	Secretary General of the Norwegian Red Cross 2009–2011	Succeeded by Åsne Havnelid

v t e Members of the Parliament of Norway 2005–09

Aust-Agder	de Ruiter T. Andersen Løite Duesund

Vest-Agder	Skumsvoll Klungland Eriksen Gitmark Schmidt Larsen

Akershus	Myrli Høglund J. Petersen Bjørnstad Asmyhr Sanner Eldegard Reikvam Tenden Kjos Aasen Sjøli Kjernli Thomsen Dahl Haga

Buskerud	Jagland Knudsen Eng Helleland Rytman Christoffersen Bergo Micaelsen Lundteigen

Finnmark	Nielsen Jakobsen Fredriksen Ballo Lysklætt

Hedmark	Trettebergstuen Faldet Bredvold Skulstad Vedum Breen K. Andersen Gundersen

Hordaland	Akselsen Sortevik E. Solberg Henriksen Hagesæter Sørfonn Lydvo Halleraker Valle Sponheim Woldseth Teigen Skjælaaen T. Hansen Dåvøy

Møre og Romsdal	Nesvik Kristoffersen Løvik Solholm Bekkemellem Grimstad Øveraas Kongshaug Jacobsen

Nordland	H-M. Solberg Svendsen Strøm Elvik Ellingsen T. Pedersen Samuelsen Kristiansen Ljunggren Sahl

Oppland	Brørby Enger Hagebakken Johnsen Nistad Rudihagen Thommessen

Oslo	Nybakk Foss Hagen Bøhler Holmås Dørum Eriksen Søreide Hildeng Jensen Marthinsen Chaudhry Lønning Khan Tybring-Gjedde Grande Wickholm Syversen

Rogaland	Vaksdal Nordtun Høie Høybråten Horne Sund Solvik-Olsen Vallersnes Kvassheim Opheim Lode Langeland Tørresdal

Sogn og Fjordane	Sandal Sande Starheim Heggø Ludvigsen

Telemark	S.O. Hansen Hoksrud Olsen Aasland Fostervold Holmberg

Troms	Arnesen Korsberg Bjørnflaten Amundsen Jensen Knutsen Aspaker

Nord-Trøndelag	Kristoffersen Stokkan-Grande Brustad Moe Eriksson Ryan Skjelstad

Sør-Trøndelag	Gjul Asphjell Sandberg Brende Djupedal E.K. Hansen Moe Lien Haugen Lånke

Vestfold	Mandt-Bartholsen Width Flåtten Gullvåg Anundsen Kosmo Thorkildsen

Østfold	Øye Leirstein S.R. Hansen Gåsvatn Engeset Johansen Giltun M. Hansen Hjemdal

v t e Second Cabinet of Kjell Magne Bondevik

Jan Petersen (H) Erna Solberg (H) Ingjerd Schou (H) 2001–04 Dagfinn Høybråten (Krf) Lars Sponheim (V) Per-Kristian Foss (H) Odd Einar Dørum (V) Valgerd Svarstad Haugland (Krf) 2005–06 Hilde Frafjord Johnson (Krf) 2001–05 Laila Dåvøy (Krf) Kristin Clemet (H) Svein Ludvigsen (H) Ansgar Gabrielsen (H) Torild Skogsholm (V) Kristin Krohn Devold (H) Børge Brende (H) Victor D. Norman (H) 2001–04 Morten Andreas Meyer (H) 2004–05 Einar Steensnæs (Krf) Thorhild Widvey (H) 2004–05 Knut Arild Hareide (Krf) 2004–05

Minister of Climate and the Environment (Norway)

Gjærevoll (1972)
Haugeland (1972–73)
Gitmark (1973)
Halvorsen (1973–74)
Brundtland (1976–79)
Hansen (1979–81)
Sellæg (1981–83)
Surlien (1983–86)
Rønbeck (1983–86)
Valla (1989–90)
Berntsen (1990–97)
Fjellanger (1997–2000)
Bjerke (2000–01)
Brende (2001–04)
Hareide (2004–05)
Bjørnøy (2005–07)
Solheim (2007–12)
Solhjell (2012–13)
Sundtoft (2013–)

v t e Minister of Foreign Affairs (Norway)

Løvland Christophersen Irgens Ihlen Michelet Ræstad Mowinckel Michelet Mowinckel Lykke Bull Mowinckel Braadland Mowinckel Koht Lie Lange Wikborg Lange Lyng Stray Cappelen Vårvik Frydenlund Stray Frydenlund Stoltenberg Bondevik Stoltenberg Holst Godal Vollebæk Jagland Petersen Gahr Støre Eide Brende

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Persondata
Name	Brende, Boerge
Alternative names
Short description	Norwegian politician
Date of birth	25 September 1965
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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