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Thorbjørn Jagland (born Thorbjørn Johansen; listen ⓘ, 5 November 1950) is a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party. He served as the Secretary General of the Council of Europe from 2009 to 2019.
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Mr Thorbjørn Jagland was elected Secretary General of the Council of Europe in September 2009. In June 2014, he was re-elected, and his second term in office commenced on 1 October, 2014. He was the President of the Storting (Norwegian Parliament) from 2005 to 2009.
Thorbjørn Jagland (født 1950) er en norsk politiker og tidligere statsminister, stortingspresident og utenriksminister. Han var Norges statsminister fra 1996 til 1997, utenriksminister fra 2000 til 2001, leder for Arbeiderpartiet fra 1992 til 2002, og stortingspresident fra 2005 til 2009.
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On 30 September 2009 Thorbjørn Jagland was elected as secretary-general. On 24 June 2014 he was re-elected to a second, five-year term to start on 1 October 2014. 2019 election. Four member states proposed candidates by 10 January 2019, who were then considered by the Committee of Ministers.
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Mr Jagland was Leader of the Norwegian Labour Party for ten years (1992-2002), and Party Secretary of the Labour Party for five years (1987-1992). He is currently the Chairman of the Board of Directors at the Oslo centre for Peace and Human Rights, and Member of the International Board of Governors at the Peres Center for Peace.
Aug 21, 2019 · Ahead of the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia marked on the 17th of May, Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland urged for justice and full protection against discrimination for all persons, irrespective of their sexual orientation, gender identity and...
