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Thorbjørn Jagland is a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party. He served as the prime minister of Norway from 1996 to 1997, as the minister of Foreign Affairs from 2000 to 2001, as the president of the Storting from 2005 to 2009, as chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee from 2009 to 2015 and as secretary general of the Council of Europe from 2009 to 2019. He maintained a close association…
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“I still get letters from people who miss the Norwegian House. It was an attempt at something new, a building project that would also inspire the activity on the side of the parties”
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IBTimes UK: Did Thorbjørn Jagland Attempt to Take His Own Life? Former Norwegian PM Rushed to Hospital After Epstein Charges
Yahoo News Singapore: Norway police search former PM Thorbjørn Jagland's properties in Epstein links probe
Was charged with gross corruption over his links to Epstein
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Awarded Order of Honour (2020).
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The leader of the committee asked each of the members if any of them had been in contact with Jeffrey Epstein; in 2020, Jagland changed his answer; Jeffrey Epstein and Bill Gates had a meeting with Jagland at his residen
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Was reelected for an additional five years
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But in 2019 Jagland spearheaded the effort to give the Russians their voting rights back
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For his "tireless commitment to the European continent and the universal values it represents"
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By the Secretary General of the United Nations Ban ki Moon
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Jagland launched the World Forum for Democracy conferences at the Council of Europe
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Awarded Humanitarian of the Year (2010).
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A group of forty prominent historians ranked Jagland as the weakest Norwegian prime minister since the end of the Second World War; two years before, his predecessor Gro Harlem Brundtland had criticized his premiership i
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Jagland was elected as the secretary-general of the Council of Europe
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Jagland was elected Secretary General of the Council of Europe
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Career landmark: Chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee (2009–2015).
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The cabinet issued a proposal to remove the "Blasphemy Paragraph", part of the criminal law that made blasphemous statements a criminal offense
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Career landmark: Secretary General of the Council of Europe (2009–2019).
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“the Norwegian House could have been better planned and prepared, but I did not have the time. I took a chance. The Labour Party was down for the count. My goal was to make a good election; and we did. We have not done so well since”
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“The Norwegian special forces will certainly be welcome throughout the winter. If NATO is demanding them, Norway should contribute”
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Stoltenberg allowed Jagland to push through his plan to develop Storting as a stronger centre for current political debates, thus increasing the power of the parliamentary members on issues from the cabinet
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But left in 2009 when he became chairman of the Norwegian Nobel committee
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Career landmark: member of the Parliament of Norway (2005–2009).
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Career landmark: President of the Parliament of Norway (2005–2009).
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Jagland was reelected to a fourth term in the Norwegian Parliament
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Awarded European of the Year, Norway (2002).
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“t seek a new term as party leader in November. President of the Storting In 2005, Jagland was reelected to a fourth term in the Norwegian Parliament. Jørgen Kosmo, the previous President of the Storting, had not stood for parliamentary re-election, and Jagland was elected to this position by the members of parliament on 10 October 2005. Jagland was elected with only one blank vote, whereas his Progress Party opponent, Carl I. Hagen, had 25 blank votes in the Storting. He later said:”
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From his post as Foreign Minister in the wake of the collapse of the Stoltenberg government
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Was a festival in the criticism of Western values
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Career landmark: member of the Parliament of Norway (2001–2005).
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“The previous racism conference in Durban, South Africa, in 2001, was a festival in the criticism of Western values. We must never allow the successor conference in Geneva in April next year to be a repetition of this”
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“everybody at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs went around saying that”
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“It is unstable and unpredictable”
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Career landmark: Foreign Minister of Norway (2000–2001).
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“If I were to continue as prime minister candidate, and especially if I should return as prime minister, the pressure that has been put against me the last three years will only continue and increase in strength.”
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Found that Jagland was second most influential in a list of the 50 most influential persons in Norway
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Career landmark: member of the Parliament of Norway (1997–2001).
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Norway (1996–1997).
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Jagland published a book, titled Brev (Letters), "Vår sårbare verden" (Our vulnerable World) i 2001 and "Ti teser om EU og Norge" (Ten Postulates about the EU & Norway) in 2003
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Career landmark: member of the Parliament of Norway (1993–1997).
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Career landmark: party leader (1992–2002).
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Published the book Min europeiske drøm (My European Dream)
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And was formally appointed to the position in 1987
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Also became chairman of the Labour Party's International Committee
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Career landmark: party secretary (1986–1992).
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Career landmark: President of Workers' Youth League (1977–1981).
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Became the national leader of the Workers' Youth League, a position he held until 1981
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At age 16, he joined the Lier chapter of the Workers' Youth League (AUF)
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Born 1950-11-05.
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