Espen Barth Eide | |
|---|---|
 Barth Eide in 2024 | |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| Assumed office 16 October 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Jonas Gahr Støre |
| Preceded by | Anniken Huitfeldt |
| In office 21 September 2012 – 16 October 2013 | |
| Prime Minister | Jens Stoltenberg |
| Preceded by | Jonas Gahr Støre |
| Succeeded by | Børge Brende |
| Minister of Climate and the Environment | |
| In office 14 October 2021 – 16 October 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Jonas Gahr Støre |
| Preceded by | Sveinung Rotevatn |
| Succeeded by | Andreas Bjelland Eriksen |
| Minister of Defence | |
| In office 11 November 2011 – 21 September 2012 | |
| Prime Minister | Jens Stoltenberg |
| Preceded by | Grete Faremo |
| Succeeded by | Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen |
| Member of the Storting | |
| Assumed office 1 October 2017 | |
| Deputy | Siri Staalesen |
| Constituency | Oslo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 May 1964 Oslo, Norway |
| Political party | Labour |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University of Oslo |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Norway |
| Branch/service |  Navy |
Espen Barth Eide (born 1 May 1964[1]) is a Norwegian politician and political scientist. He is currently serving as the Minister of Foreign Affairs in Jonas Gahr Støre's government, having previously done so under Jens Stoltenberg. He has been a member of the Norwegian Parliament since 2017, representing the Labour Party. He was elected to this seat in the 2017 election, and reelected in the 2021 election. From 2017 to 2021, Eide was the Labour Party's spokesperson for Energy, Climate and Environment. He also served as Minister of Climate and the Environment between 2021 and 2023.
On 22 August 2014, Barth Eide was appointed United Nations special adviser on Cyprus by former UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon.[2] He continued in this capacity under current secretary-general António Guterres until 14 August 2017, when he stepped down from his UN role in order to engage in the election campaign in Norway.[3]
From 2014 to 2016 he served as managing director and member of the managing board at the World Economic Forum in Geneva.
Barth Eide served as Norway's Minister of Defence in Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet from 2011 to 2012,[4] and subsequently as Minister of Foreign Affairs until 2013. Since December 2013, Barth Eide has served as a member of the board of the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD). He was chair of the Board[5] until 14 October 2021.[6] He was a member of the boards of Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) and the Norwegian Atlantic Committee until the same date.
- ^ "Fikk drømmejobben". Bergens Tidende. 21 September 2012.
Født 1. mai 1964 i Oslo
- ^ "Good Offices > Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on Cyprus - Espen Barth Eide". Archived from the original on 23 October 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
- ^ "Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on Cyprus | United Nations Secretary-General". www.un.org. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
- ^ Sandvik, Siv (21 September 2012). "Dette mannskapet skal vinne valget for Jens" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 22 September 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
- ^ "Former Head of the EU's External Action Service and current UN Special Adviser on Cyprus to lead HD's Foundation Board". Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
- ^ "Former Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs joins the HD Centre as a new Board Member". 4 December 2013. Archived from the original on 8 March 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2015.