We are pleased to announce that Norway’s Foreign Minister, Jonas Gahr Støre, will hold the official opening address of this year’s Campbell Collaboration Colloquium.
Jonas Gahr Støre was appointed Foreign Minister of Norway in October 2005. He represents the Labour Party.
His first major international position was as Executive Director (Chief of Staff) in the World Health Organization under the leadership of Gro Harlem Brundtland. He was then appointed State Secretary and Chief of Staff for Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg in the first cabinet Stoltenberg from 2000 to 2001. Before taking up the position as Foreign Minister, he was Executive Chairman of the think tank ECON Analyse from 2002 to 2003, and Secretary General of the Norwegian Red Cross from 2003 to 2005.