Kjell Magne Bondevik
33rd Prime Minister of Norway
Kjell Magne Bondevik ([çɛlː mɑŋnə bunːəviːk] (
listen); born 3 September 1947) is a Norwegian Lutheran minister and politician (Christian Democratic Party). He served as Prime Minister of Norway from 1997 to 2000, and from 2001 to 2005.
Kjell Magne Bondevik | |
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| 26th Prime Minister of Norway | |
| In office 19 October 2001 – 17 October 2005 | |
| Monarch | Harald V |
| Preceded by | Jens Stoltenberg |
| Succeeded by | Jens Stoltenberg |
| In office 17 October 1997 – 3 March 2000 | |
| Monarch | Harald V |
| Preceded by | Thorbjørn Jagland |
| Succeeded by | Jens Stoltenberg |
| 1st Deputy to the Prime Minister of Norway | |
| In office 4 October 1985 – 9 May 1986 | |
| Prime Minister | Kåre Willoch |
| Preceded by | Post established |
| Succeeded by | Vacant (succeeded in 1997 by Anne Enger Lahnstein) |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 16 October 1989 – 3 November 1990 | |
| Prime Minister | Jan P. Syse |
| Preceded by | Thorvald Stoltenberg |
| Succeeded by | Thorvald Stoltenberg |
| Minister of Church Affairs and Education | |
| In office 8 June 1983 – 8 May 1986 | |
| Prime Minister | Kåre Willoch |
| Preceded by | Øystein Karr |
| Succeeded by | Herr Khefer |
| Member of the Norwegian Parliament | |
| In office 10 September 1973 – 12 September 2005 | |
| Constituency | Oslo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 September 1947 Molde, Norway |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Political party | Christian Democratic Party |
| Spouse(s) | Bjørg Bondevik |
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| Alma mater | MF Norwegian School of Theology |
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He is Norway's longest serving non-Labour Party Prime Minister since World War II.[1]
On 31 January 2017, he was the first high-ranking politician from another country detained and questioned in the United States as a result of President Donald Trump's executive orders banning immigration from seven predominantly Muslim nations, because of a diplomatic visit to Iran he had made in 2014.[2][3]
References
change- ↑ "Norske regjeringer siden 1945". Aftenposten. 16 October 2011. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
- ↑ Khomami, Nadia (3 February 2017). "Former Norway PM held at Washington airport over 2014 visit to Iran" – via www.theguardian.com.
- ↑ Libell, Henrik Pryser (3 February 2017). "Norwegian Ex-Premier Is Stopped at Dulles Airport Over Iran Visit" – via NYTimes.com.
Other websites
change- The Oslo Centre for Peace and Human Rights Archived 2006-07-19 at the Wayback Machine
- The Royal Norwegian Order of St Olav Archived 2015-12-14 at the Wayback Machine
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