Kjell Magne Bondevik
Kjell Magne Bondevik ([çɛlː mɑŋnə bunːəviːk] (13px 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.
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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
(aged 78) Molde, Norway |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Political party | Christian Democratic Party |
| Spouse(s) | Bjørg Bondevik |
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| Alma mater | MF Norwegian School of Theology |
| Signature | Kjell Magne Bondevik's signature |
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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]
Kjell Magne Bondevik Media
- President George W. Bush meets with Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik of Norway in the Oval Office Friday, May 16, 2003.jpg
Bondevik with U.S. President George W. Bush in Washington, D.C., 16 May 2003
References
- ↑ "Norske regjeringer siden 1945". Aftenposten. 16 October 2011. http://www.aftenposten.no/norge/politikk/Norske-regjeringer-siden-1945-261732b.html. 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
- 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