Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Børge Brende

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Publisher: Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Børge Brende (Conservative Party)

The Minister of Foreign Affairs is responsible for Norwegian foreign policy, the promotion of Norway’s interests internationally and the work of the Foreign Service, which includes 99 embassies, permanent missions and delegations, and consulates general.

Born: 1965

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Work experience

2011–2013	Managing Director, World Economic Forum, Geneva
2012-2013	Member of the Board, Statoil
2010–2013	Chair of the Board, Mesta
2009–2011	Secretary General, Norwegian Red Cross
2008–2009	Managing Director, World Economic Forum, Geneva
2005–2013	Member of the China Council for International Environment and Development (advisory body to the State Council)
2005–2007	Deputy Chair of the Standing Committee on Energy and the Environment (Norwegian Parliament / the Storting)
2004-2005	Minister of Trade and Industry
2003-2004	Chair, UN Commission on Sustainable Development
2001–2004	Minister of the Environment
1997–2001	Member of the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs (Norwegian Parliament / the Storting)
1997-2007	Member of the Norwegian Parliament / the Storting
1994-1998	Deputy chair of the Conservative party
1992–1997	Member of the Municipal Executive Board, Trondheim
1990–1992	Chief Financial Officer, KB-entreprenør, Trondheim
1988–1990	Chair, Young Conservatives
1986–1987	Political adviser in parliament for the Conservative party and to the leader of the party
1985–1986	Political adviser, Young Conservatives

Education

1997	BA in economics, law and history, NTNU, Trondheim

Appointments

2010–2011	Deputy chair, Humanitarian Principles and Diplomacy Advisory Body, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
2010–2011	Deputy chair, Advisory Board, Norwegian Defence University College
2009–2012	Member of the Board, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration
1995-2001	Chair of the Conservative party’s election programme committee
1991-1992	Deputy chair European movement in Norway
1987	Member of the Board Afghanistan committee
1986-1988	Deputy chair, Young Conservatives

Medals and awards

2005	Commander of the Order of St Olav
2005	Knight Grand Cross, Italy
2004	Grand Cross of the Order of the Phoenix, Greece
2009	Emisoft’s Sustainability Now prize
2004	WWF’s Gift to the Earth award
2005	HSMAI Travel Award
2003	Sabima’s biodiversity prize (Biomangfoldprisen)