Thorbjørn Jagland
Thorbjørn Jagland is a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party. He served as 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 with child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
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- Born in
- Drammen
- Educated at
- University of Oslo
- Awards
- 🏆 Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria🏆 Order of Saint Agatha🏆 Order of Friendship🏆 Order of the Star of Romania🏆 Order of Honour
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1950
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