Thorbjørn Jagland is thirteenth Secretary General

Former Norwegian Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Thorbjørn Jagland became Secretary General in 2009 after acting as President of the Norwegian Parliament from 2005. He was re-elected in June 2014 – the first Secretary General to win two terms. Mr Jagland is a member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee which awards the Nobel Peace Prize every year. Over the last 20 years, Mr Jagland has written widely on a range of issues, in particular on European and international affairs. He has published four books in Norway: My European Dream (1990), Letters (1995), Our Vulnerable World (2001) and Ten Theses on the EU and Norway (2003).

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