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{{Audio|Thorbjorn Jagland.ogg|'''Thorbjørn Jagland'''}} (born 5 November 1950, né Johansen<ref name="Johansen">Lars Gisnås, "Men Bjørn vil være Hansen", Adresseavisen, 10 November 2001, p. 6</ref>) is a [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[politician]] for the [[Norwegian Labour Party|Labour Party]]. He was elected Secretary General of the Council of Europe by the organisation’s Parliamentary Assembly, on September 29 2009. He was elected to the organisation’s top position as a leader who can renew and modernise the organization, considered one of the most important inter-governmental organisations in Europe today, and strengthen its fundamental objective of preserving and promoting human rights, democracy and the rule of law<ref>http://www.regjeringen.no/en/dep/ud/press/News/2009/jagland_elected.html?id=578452</ref>. The [[President of the Storting]] since 2005, Jagland served as the [[Prime Minister of Norway]] from 1996 to 1997, and later as [[Minister of Foreign Affairs]] from 2000 to 2001. Prior to becoming Prime Minister, Jagland served as party secretary from 1986 to 1992, and subsequently party leader until 2002, when he was succeeded by [[Jens Stoltenberg]]. In 2009, he became Chairman of the [[Norwegian Nobel Committee]]. He did not run for reelection to parliament [[Norwegian parliamentary election, 2009|in 2009]].
{{Audio|Thorbjorn Jagland.ogg|'''Thorbjørn Jagland'''}} (born 5 November 1950, né Johansen<ref name="Johansen">Lars Gisnås, "Men Bjørn vil være Hansen", Adresseavisen, 10 November 2001, p. 6</ref>) is a [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[politician]] for the [[Norwegian Labour Party|Labour Party]]. He was elected Secretary General of the Council of Europe by the organisation’s Parliamentary Assembly, on September 29 2009. He was elected to the organisation’s top position as a leader who can renew and modernise the organization, considered one of the most important inter-governmental organisations in Europe today, and strengthen its fundamental objective of preserving and promoting human rights, democracy and the rule of law<ref>http://www.regjeringen.no/en/dep/ud/press/News/2009/jagland_elected.html?id=578452</ref>.


Born in Drammen, Jagland graduated from secondary school in 1969, and from the University of Oslo in 1975 with a degree in economics. The [[President of the Storting]] since 2005, Jagland served as the [[Prime Minister of Norway]] from 1996 to 1997, and later as [[Minister of Foreign Affairs]] from 2000 to 2001. Prior to becoming Prime Minister, Jagland served as party secretary from 1986 to 1992, and subsequently party leader until 2002, when he was succeeded by [[Jens Stoltenberg]]. In 2009, he became Chairman of the [[Norwegian Nobel Committee]]. He did not run for reelection to parliament [[Norwegian parliamentary election, 2009|in 2009]].
Jagland was born in [[Drammen]] and studied briefly at the [[University of Oslo]], whence he graduated with a one-year degree in Economics in 1975. He started his political career in the [[Workers' Youth League (Norway)|Workers' Youth League]], and served as national leader from 1977 to 1981. Jagland also sat in [[Buskerud County Municipality|Buskerud]] [[county council (Norway)|county council]] from 1975 to 1983. [[Premiership of Thorbjørn Jagland|Jagland's cabinet]], albeit short-lived, was marked by controversies from the beginning to the end, with two ministers being forced to withdraw following personal scandals.<ref name=nettavisen>{{cite news |first=Berit |last=Almendingen |title=Skandale-statsrådene |url=http://www.nettavisen.no/innenriks/politikk/article1607714.ece |work=Nettavisen |date=16 February 2008 |language=Norwegian |accessdate=31 March 2008 }}</ref> Jagland, who was also ridiculed for his quotes and statements,<ref name=norwegianhouse>{{cite news |first=Halvor |last=Hegtun |title=Han kom igjen, ja, han er her allerede |url=http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/politikk/article790457.ece |work=Aftenposten |date=9 May 2004 |language=Norwegian |accessdate=31 March 2008 }}</ref> resigned following the [[Norwegian parliamentary election, 1997|1997 election]], even though his party won the most votes.

As the new Secretary-General of the Council of Europe, Jagland is expected to steer the upcoming, drastical reduction of the Council's expenses and activities.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.lalsace.fr/fr/france-monde/article/3340157,218/Reduction-drastique-des-activites-a-Strasbourg.html|title=Conseil de l’Europe - Réduction drastique des activités à Strasbourg|date=19 June 2010|work=L'Alsace|accessdate=2010-06-22}}</ref>


== Early and personal life ==
== Early and personal life ==
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Ahead of the [[Norwegian parliamentary election, 1997|1997 parliamentary election]], Jagland announced the cabinet would resign if the party received less than [[36.9 ultimatum|36.9% of the popular vote]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Herbjørn |last=Sørebø |authorlink=Herbjørn Sørebø |title=Ikkje noko mediemord |url=http://www.dagogtid.no/arkiv/2000/07/herb.html |work=Dag og Tid |date=17 February 2000 |language=Norwegian |accessdate=31 March 2008 }}</ref> This ultimatum was based on the fact that Jagland had assumed the Prime Minister post based on the votes collected by Brundtland in the [[Norwegian parliamentary election, 1993|1993 election]], which provided an unclear [[parliamentarianism|parliamentary]] basis for governing.<ref name=nordby>{{cite book|last=Nordby|first=Trond|authorlink=Trond Nordby|title=I politikkens sentrum. Variasjoner i Stortingets makt 1814&ndash;2004|publisher=Universitetsforlaget|location=Oslo|date=2004|edition=2nd|pages=102–103|isbn=82-15-00651-5|language=Norwegian}}</ref> The Labour cabinet was only supported by 67 out of 165 members of Parliament, namely its own party group,<ref name=nordby152>Nordby, 2004: p. 152</ref> and thus had to seek support from the largest opposition parties&mdash;the [[Centre Party (Norway)|Centre Party]] as well as Labour's traditional adversary, the [[Conservative Party of Norway|Conservative Party]]&mdash;on a case-by-case basis. Since the Norwegian Parliament lacks any form of [[investiture]] before a cabinet forms, the cabinet, if a minority government, may lack concrete support from its inception. Brundtland had already subscribed to the ad-hoc tactic during her time as Prime Minister, describing it as "[[Slalom skiing|slalom]] racing in the Storting".<ref name=nordby/> However, the negotiations in order to land the annual [[state budget]] in 1996 were particularly tough.<ref name=nordby152/> According to political scientist [[Trond Nordby]], Jagland felt that a cabinet which achieved less than 36.9% would not be suited to achieve meaningful results in the face of a superior Parliament.<ref name=nordby149>Nordby, 2004: p. 149</ref>
Ahead of the [[Norwegian parliamentary election, 1997|1997 parliamentary election]], Jagland announced the cabinet would resign if the party received less than [[36.9 ultimatum|36.9% of the popular vote]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Herbjørn |last=Sørebø |authorlink=Herbjørn Sørebø |title=Ikkje noko mediemord |url=http://www.dagogtid.no/arkiv/2000/07/herb.html |work=Dag og Tid |date=17 February 2000 |language=Norwegian |accessdate=31 March 2008 }}</ref> This ultimatum was based on the fact that Jagland had assumed the Prime Minister post based on the votes collected by Brundtland in the [[Norwegian parliamentary election, 1993|1993 election]], which provided an unclear [[parliamentarianism|parliamentary]] basis for governing.<ref name=nordby>{{cite book|last=Nordby|first=Trond|authorlink=Trond Nordby|title=I politikkens sentrum. Variasjoner i Stortingets makt 1814&ndash;2004|publisher=Universitetsforlaget|location=Oslo|date=2004|edition=2nd|pages=102–103|isbn=82-15-00651-5|language=Norwegian}}</ref> The Labour cabinet was only supported by 67 out of 165 members of Parliament, namely its own party group,<ref name=nordby152>Nordby, 2004: p. 152</ref> and thus had to seek support from the largest opposition parties&mdash;the [[Centre Party (Norway)|Centre Party]] as well as Labour's traditional adversary, the [[Conservative Party of Norway|Conservative Party]]&mdash;on a case-by-case basis. Since the Norwegian Parliament lacks any form of [[investiture]] before a cabinet forms, the cabinet, if a minority government, may lack concrete support from its inception. Brundtland had already subscribed to the ad-hoc tactic during her time as Prime Minister, describing it as "[[Slalom skiing|slalom]] racing in the Storting".<ref name=nordby/> However, the negotiations in order to land the annual [[state budget]] in 1996 were particularly tough.<ref name=nordby152/> According to political scientist [[Trond Nordby]], Jagland felt that a cabinet which achieved less than 36.9% would not be suited to achieve meaningful results in the face of a superior Parliament.<ref name=nordby149>Nordby, 2004: p. 149</ref>


As it turned out, Labour only received 35.0%. Again, no party won a majority, so the power was given to the [[Kjell Magne Bondevik's first term as Prime Minister of Norway|first cabinet of Kjell Magne Bondevik]], with Jagland resigning on 29 September 1997.<ref>{{cite news |first=Berit |last=Almendingen |title=Meddelelse fra statsminister Thorbjørn Jagland om Regjeringens avskjedssøknad |url=http://www.stortinget.no/no/Saker-og-publikasjoner/Saker/Sak/?p=1921 |work=Nettavisen |date=29 September 1997 |language=Norwegian |accessdate=2009-02-01 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Mary Williams |last=Walsh |title=Norway's Problem: Too Much Cash &ndash; Oil Is Flowing And Surplus Is Fat |url=http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19971016&slug=2566475 |work=[[The Seattle Times]] |date=16 October 1997 |accessdate=2 February 2009 }}</ref> This cabinet had an even weaker parliamentary basis.<ref name=nordby152/><ref name=nordby149/> [[Erik Solheim]], the leader of [[Socialist Left Party (Norway)|Socialist Left Party]] (SV), said that if Jagland resigned, "he would go down in history as Norway's most puzzling politician".<ref name=nytimes/> In 2008, former prime minister Gro Harlem Brundtland called Jagland "stupid" because of his lack of tactical judgment during the election.<ref name="critism">{{cite news|url=http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article2743417.ece|first=Svein |last=Goll|title=Gro Harlem Brundtland criticises her successor Thorbjørn Jagland|date=10 October 2008|accessdate=1 February 2009}}</ref> He responded by saying, "I am glad I am who I am, and I would never describe another person in those terms".<ref name="critism"/> Brundtland also said that she wished for [[Jens Stoltenberg]] or [[Gunnar Berge]] to become the leader of the Labour Party.
As it turned out, Labour only received 35.0%. Again, no party won a majority, so the power was given to the [[Kjell Magne Bondevik's first term as Prime Minister of Norway|first cabinet of Kjell Magne Bondevik]], with Jagland resigning on 29 September 1997.<ref>{{cite news |first=Berit |last=Almendingen |title=Meddelelse fra statsminister Thorbjørn Jagland om Regjeringens avskjedssøknad |url=http://www.stortinget.no/no/Saker-og-publikasjoner/Saker/Sak/?p=1921 |work=Nettavisen |date=29 September 1997 |language=Norwegian |accessdate=2009-02-01 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Mary Williams |last=Walsh |title=Norway's Problem: Too Much Cash &ndash; Oil Is Flowing And Surplus Is Fat |url=http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19971016&slug=2566475 |work=[[The Seattle Times]] |date=16 October 1997 |accessdate=2 February 2009 }}</ref> This cabinet had an even weaker parliamentary basis.<ref name=nordby152/><ref name=nordby149/> [[Erik Solheim]], the leader of [[Socialist Left Party (Norway)|Socialist Left Party]] (SV), said that if Jagland resigned, "he would go down in history as Norway's most puzzling politician".<ref name=nytimes/>


After resigning as Prime Minister, Jagland continued as member of parliament in the term 1997&ndash;2001, when he was chair of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs. During his tenure as Prime Minister his seat in parliament had been occupied by [[Vidar Brynsplass]].<ref name=bio/>
After resigning as Prime Minister, Jagland continued as member of parliament in the term 1997&ndash;2001, when he was chair of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs. During his tenure as Prime Minister his seat in parliament had been occupied by [[Vidar Brynsplass]].<ref name=bio/>
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=== Minister of Foreign Affairs ===
=== Minister of Foreign Affairs ===
In 2000, the [[Kjell Magne Bondevik's first term as Prime Minister of Norway|first cabinet of Bondevik]] resigned following a [[motion of confidence]]. A new [[Jens Stoltenberg's first term as Prime Minister of Norway|Labour cabinet]], to be led by Jens Stoltenberg, was announced by [[Harald V of Norway|King Harald V]] on 17 March 2000;<ref>{{cite news |title=Norway's new cabinet named |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/680950.stm |work=[[BBC]] |date=17 March 2000|accessdate=1 February 2009}}</ref> although Jagland was still party leader at the time, he was passed over for the Prime Minister candidacy, and instead settled for [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Norway)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]]. Jagland again made national headlines in a similar fashion to the publicity about "The Norwegian House" and "36.9%", this time for the phrase "[[Bongo from Congo]]". Jagland stated on 2 February 2001 on the nationally broadcast television show ''[[I kveld med Per Ståle]]'' on [[TV 2 (Norway)|TV 2]] that "everybody at the Foreign Department went around saying that 'now you are going to meet with [[Bongo from Congo]]{{'"}}.<ref>{{cite news |title=Jagland omtalte president som Bongo fra Kongo |url=http://www.vg.no/pub/vgart.hbs?artid=1159979 |work=VG |date=2 June 2001 |language=Norwegian |accessdate=19 February 2009}}</ref> The term "Bongo" and "Congo" has been seen by many as a [[racial slur]] which tended to conjure mental imagery of [[Magical negro|African savagery]].<ref name=norwegianhouse/>
In 2000, the [[Kjell Magne Bondevik's first term as Prime Minister of Norway|first cabinet of Bondevik]] resigned following a [[motion of confidence]]. A new [[Jens Stoltenberg's first term as Prime Minister of Norway|Labour cabinet]], to be led by Jens Stoltenberg, was announced by [[Harald V of Norway|King Harald V]] on 17 March 2000;<ref>{{cite news |title=Norway's new cabinet named |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/680950.stm |work=[[BBC]] |date=17 March 2000|accessdate=1 February 2009}}</ref> although Jagland was still party leader at the time, he was passed over for the Prime Minister candidacy, and instead settled for [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Norway)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]].


One of his first acts as Minister of Foreign Affairs was to visit [[Yugoslavia]], three years before its collapse, Jagland wanted to improve [[foreign aid]] to Yugoslavia and try to find a peaceful solution to the [[Yugoslav wars]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Raymond |last=Whitaker |title=US: Ousted President must not get asylum |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/us-ousted-president-must-not-get-asylum-635016.html |work=Independent |date=7 October 2000|accessdate=6 February 2009 | location=London}}</ref> On [[May Day]] 2001, some protesters [[Pieing|threw cream pie]] on Jagland's face; he responded by light-heartedly cleaning himself up and proceeding to lead a labour march in [[Oslo]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Mass protests mark May Day|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/1305875.stm|work=BBC|date=1 May 2001|accessdate=1 February 2009}}</ref> As Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jagland visited [[Sri Lanka]] in June 2001 to try to reach a level of involvement in the [[Sri Lankan Civil War]]. After a brief visit to the capital [[Colombo]], at the request of the Sri Lankan president [[Chandrika Kumaratunga]], Jagland agreed to take a role in the peace process of Sri Lanka between the Sri Lankan Government and the [[Tamil Tiger]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Norway steps up Colombo peace push |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1379099.stm |work=[[BBC]] |date=8 June 2001|accessdate=1 February 2009}}</ref> In June, Jagland was invited to visit [[People's Republic of China|China]] by its [[Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China|foreign minister]], [[Tang Jiaxuan]]; Jagland left for China on 27 June 2001 and returned the following day.<ref>{{cite news |title=Foreign Minister Thorbjoern Jagland of Norway will visit China |url=http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/zxxx/t20818.htm |work=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China |date=6 June 2001|accessdate=1 February 2009}}</ref> Later, Norway reported [[Australia]] to the [[United Nations]] for refusing to allow a ship full of [[Afghanistan|Afghans]] to enter Australian territory. Jagland, who said of the matter, "our opinion is that international law is on our side",<ref>{{cite news |title=Blow to Australian PM over refugees |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/1515882.stm |work=BBC |date=29 August 2001|accessdate=1 February 2009}}</ref> reported Australia to the [[International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Tensions rise over refugee ship |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/1515226.stm |work=BBC |date=29 August 2001 |accessdate=1 February 2009}}</ref>
One of his first acts as Minister of Foreign Affairs was to visit [[Yugoslavia]], three years before its collapse, Jagland wanted to improve [[foreign aid]] to Yugoslavia and try to find a peaceful solution to the [[Yugoslav wars]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Raymond |last=Whitaker |title=US: Ousted President must not get asylum |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/us-ousted-president-must-not-get-asylum-635016.html |work=Independent |date=7 October 2000|accessdate=6 February 2009 | location=London}}</ref> On [[May Day]] 2001, some protesters [[Pieing|threw cream pie]] on Jagland's face; he responded by light-heartedly cleaning himself up and proceeding to lead a labour march in [[Oslo]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Mass protests mark May Day|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/1305875.stm|work=BBC|date=1 May 2001|accessdate=1 February 2009}}</ref> As Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jagland visited [[Sri Lanka]] in June 2001 to try to reach a level of involvement in the [[Sri Lankan Civil War]]. After a brief visit to the capital [[Colombo]], at the request of the Sri Lankan president [[Chandrika Kumaratunga]], Jagland agreed to take a role in the peace process of Sri Lanka between the Sri Lankan Government and the [[Tamil Tiger]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Norway steps up Colombo peace push |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1379099.stm |work=[[BBC]] |date=8 June 2001|accessdate=1 February 2009}}</ref> In June, Jagland was invited to visit [[People's Republic of China|China]] by its [[Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China|foreign minister]], [[Tang Jiaxuan]]; Jagland left for China on 27 June 2001 and returned the following day.<ref>{{cite news |title=Foreign Minister Thorbjoern Jagland of Norway will visit China |url=http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/zxxx/t20818.htm |work=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China |date=6 June 2001|accessdate=1 February 2009}}</ref> Later, Norway reported [[Australia]] to the [[United Nations]] for refusing to allow a ship full of [[Afghanistan|Afghans]] to enter Australian territory. Jagland, who said of the matter, "our opinion is that international law is on our side",<ref>{{cite news |title=Blow to Australian PM over refugees |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/1515882.stm |work=BBC |date=29 August 2001|accessdate=1 February 2009}}</ref> reported Australia to the [[International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Tensions rise over refugee ship |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/1515226.stm |work=BBC |date=29 August 2001 |accessdate=1 February 2009}}</ref>
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Jagland lost the position of Foreign Minister as the Labour cabinet after again holding office for only held office for only one year. He was succeeded by the [[Kjell Magne Bondevik's second term as Prime Minister of Norway|second cabinet of Bondevik]], following the [[Norwegian parliamentary election, 2001|2001 election]]. While appointed to the cabinet, his seat in parliament had been occupied by [[Frank Willy Larsen]].<ref name=bio/>
Jagland lost the position of Foreign Minister as the Labour cabinet after again holding office for only one year. He was succeeded by the [[Kjell Magne Bondevik's second term as Prime Minister of Norway|second cabinet of Bondevik]], following the [[Norwegian parliamentary election, 2001|2001 election]]. While appointed to the cabinet, his seat in parliament had been occupied by [[Frank Willy Larsen]].<ref name=bio/>


=== President of the Storting ===
=== President of the Storting ===
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Jagland had also been critical of the lack of parliamentary control permitted by the [[Red-Green Coalition (Norway)|coalition cabinet]]. Critics accused Jagland of attacking the Red-Green Cabinet as revenge against Stoltenberg for forcing Jagland to resign as Labour Party leader in 2002. Jagland rejected this as "petty criticism". Jagland announced in September 2008 that he would not seek reelection. He said he decided, with "great sadness", to leave Norwegian politics because he was applying for the position of [[Secretary-General of the Council of Europe]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Halvor|last=Hegtun|coauthors=Heidi Ertzeid and Camilla Ryste |title=Jagland: - En av de gjeveste jobbene|url=http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/article2670340.ece|work=Aftenposten |date=23 September 2008|language=Norwegian |accessdate=5 February 2009}}</ref>
Jagland had also been critical of the lack of parliamentary control permitted by the [[Red-Green Coalition (Norway)|coalition cabinet]]. Critics accused Jagland of attacking the Red-Green Cabinet as revenge against Stoltenberg for forcing Jagland to resign as Labour Party leader in 2002. Jagland rejected this as "petty criticism". Jagland announced in September 2008 that he would not seek reelection. He said he decided, with "great sadness", to leave Norwegian politics because he was applying for the position of [[Secretary-General of the Council of Europe]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Halvor|last=Hegtun|coauthors=Heidi Ertzeid and Camilla Ryste |title=Jagland: - En av de gjeveste jobbene|url=http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/article2670340.ece|work=Aftenposten |date=23 September 2008|language=Norwegian |accessdate=5 February 2009}}</ref>


=== Post-parliament ===
=== Chairman of the Nobel Committee ===
[[File:Jagland and Obama.jpg|thumb|Jagland with president [[Barack Obama]] during the [[2009 Nobel Peace Prize]] ceremony. ]]
[[File:Jagland and Obama.jpg|thumb|Jagland with president [[Barack Obama]] during the [[2009 Nobel Peace Prize]] ceremony. ]]


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After the announcement of [[Barack Obama]] as winner of the [[2009 Nobel Peace Prize]], the main opposition parties, the [[Progress Party (Norway)|Progress Party]] and the [[Conservative Party of Norway|Conservative Party]], as well as several voices within his own Labour Party, demanded that Jagland resign his position as Chairman of the Nobel Committee, "in light of the award" as one party leader said, citing concerns that he may compromise the committee's independence when he simultaneously is head of the Council of Europe<ref>http://nrk.no/nyheter/nobels_fredspris/1.6811887</ref>. The Director of the Institute for Peace Research, Kristian Berg Harpviken, said, "I don't believe that one consciously excludes candidates because the leader of the committee also is the leader of the Council of Europe, but just the fact that one can ask the question weakens the image of the Nobel Committee as an independent committee, and that is a problem."<ref> Tron Strand, Simen Granviken, Ingvild Bruaset, "Ber AP vurdere Jaglands rolle", ''Bergens Tidende'', 10 October 2009, pp. 24-25</ref>
After the announcement of [[Barack Obama]] as winner of the [[2009 Nobel Peace Prize]], the main opposition parties, the [[Progress Party (Norway)|Progress Party]] and the [[Conservative Party of Norway|Conservative Party]], as well as several voices within his own Labour Party, demanded that Jagland resign his position as Chairman of the Nobel Committee, "in light of the award" as one party leader said, citing concerns that he may compromise the committee's independence when he simultaneously is head of the Council of Europe<ref>http://nrk.no/nyheter/nobels_fredspris/1.6811887</ref>. The Director of the Institute for Peace Research, Kristian Berg Harpviken, said, "I don't believe that one consciously excludes candidates because the leader of the committee also is the leader of the Council of Europe, but just the fact that one can ask the question weakens the image of the Nobel Committee as an independent committee, and that is a problem."<ref> Tron Strand, Simen Granviken, Ingvild Bruaset, "Ber AP vurdere Jaglands rolle", ''Bergens Tidende'', 10 October 2009, pp. 24-25</ref>

The Australian politician [[Alexander Downer]] criticized Jagland for awarding the prize to Obama, and described Jagland as "a real party-political player" and "a fool".<ref>http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/barack-obama-should-give-back-nobel-prize-downer/story-e6freuy9-1225785847181</ref> [[New York Times]] columnist Yoni Brenner has since coined the verb "thorbjorning", which means to give someone their reward before they have accomplished what they set out to do.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/11/opinion/11brenner.html?_r=1 | work=The New York Times | title=Norwegian Word | first=Yoni | last=Brenner | date=11 October 2009 | accessdate=25 May 2010}}</ref><ref>http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=thorbjorning</ref>.


=== Secretary General of the Council of Europe <ref>http://www.coe.int/t/SECRETARYGENERAL/sg/Default_en.asp</ref>===
=== Secretary General of the Council of Europe <ref>http://www.coe.int/t/SECRETARYGENERAL/sg/Default_en.asp</ref>===

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Thorbjørn Jagland
Secretary-General of the Council of Europe
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 October 2009
Preceded byTerry Davis
Prime Minister of Norway
In office
25 October 1996 – 17 October 1997
MonarchHarald V
Preceded byGro Harlem Brundtland
Succeeded byKjell Magne Bondevik
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
17 March 2000 – 19 October 2001
Prime MinisterJens Stoltenberg
Preceded byKnut Vollebæk
Succeeded byJan Petersen
President of the Storting
In office
10 October 2005 – 1 October 2009
Preceded byJørgen Kosmo
Succeeded byDag Terje Andersen
Member of Parliament
for Buskerud
In office
1993–2009
Personal details
Born (1950-11-05) 5 November 1950 (age 73)
Drammen
NationalityNorwegian
Political partyNorwegian Labour Party
SpouseHanna Grotjord
ResidenceLier
Alma materUniversity of Oslo
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionEconomist
Signature

Thorbjørn Jaglandⓘ (born 5 November 1950, né Johansen[1]) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was elected Secretary General of the Council of Europe by the organisation’s Parliamentary Assembly, on September 29 2009. He was elected to the organisation’s top position as a leader who can renew and modernise the organization, considered one of the most important inter-governmental organisations in Europe today, and strengthen its fundamental objective of preserving and promoting human rights, democracy and the rule of law[2].

Born in Drammen, Jagland graduated from secondary school in 1969, and from the University of Oslo in 1975 with a degree in economics. The President of the Storting since 2005, Jagland served as the Prime Minister of Norway from 1996 to 1997, and later as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2000 to 2001. Prior to becoming Prime Minister, Jagland served as party secretary from 1986 to 1992, and subsequently party leader until 2002, when he was succeeded by Jens Stoltenberg. In 2009, he became Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee. He did not run for reelection to parliament in 2009.

Early and personal life

Thorbjørn Jagland was born on 5 November 1950 in Drammen and is the son of a welder, Helge Th. Jagland, and a cook, Ingrid Bjerknes.[3] The family was originally named Johansen, but in the early 1950s, they changed their name to Jagland, a new constructed surname that appeared in a book published in the late 1940s which aimed at helping people find new surnames instead of patronyms, which had long been associated with the working class.[1] Thorbjørn Jagland reached a higher status in society with his new name and was the first one in his family to go to university, although he quit after one year.

He married journalist Hanne Grotjord in 1975.[4] Jagland lives in Lier just outside of his birthtown Drammen, whereas Grotjord bought a house in Risør in 2002 due to her work situation.[5] He has two sons, Anders (born 1978) and Henrik (born 1986).[6]

In 1966, at age 16, he joined the Lier chapter of the Workers' Youth League (AUF). Jagland graduated from secondary school in 1969, and from the University of Oslo in 1975 with a 1-year degree in economics. By 1973, he was elected leader of the Workers' Youth League in Buskerud, a position he held until 1975. That year, he was elected member of the Buskerud county council. In 1977, he became the national leader of the Workers' Youth League, a position he held until 1981.[3] During this period, he said he wanted to bridge the gaps between the youth wing and the mother party, but also expressed the need for the Workers' Youth League to have its own political platform. Important issues he supported at that time included the nationalization of the oil industry, permission to conduct petroleum test boring outside Northern Norway, and that the state should use income from the petroleum industry to nationalize domestic industry.[7]

From 1981, he worked as a secretary for the Labour Party; he became acting general secretary in 1986 and was formally appointed to the position in 1987. In 1986, he also became chairman of the Labour Party's international committee. He held both positions until 1992, when he was elected party leader, succeeding long-time leader Gro Harlem Brundtland.[3]

Political career

Jagland was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Buskerud in 1993, and has been re-elected on three occasions. During his first term, Jagland was a member of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, and also served as the fractional leader for the parliamentary group of the party.[3] In 1995, Jagland published a book, titled Brev (Letters).[8]

Premiership

Main article: Premiership of Thorbjørn Jagland

On 23 October 1996, Gro Harlem Brundtland informed Jagland she was withdrawing from politics and leaving him as head of government. The third cabinet Brundtland resigned, prompting the party leader Jagland to form a new cabinet. When asked if Brundtland was sure about Jagland, he replied, "Yes. I note that I have been elected unanimously five times in the Labour Party's national congress, and that I have had all the political offices possible to obtain in a country".[6] Jagland won the post of Prime Minister and leader of the Labour Party thanks to the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO) leader Yngve Hågensen, who would also later support Jagland's strategy for "36.9%".[9]

The tenure of Jagland's cabinet was marked by controversies.[10] Minister of Planning Terje Rød Larsen was forced to resign after 35 days, after it was learned he had failed to pay all his taxes after receiving an option pay-out in 1986.[11] Jagland, and Rød Larsen's successor, Bendik Rugaas, were widely ridiculed for their visions about "the Norwegian House".[8] This was a metaphor Jagland illustrated to present his vision of Norway. In his speech to the Storting following his appointed, Jagland described the Norwegian House as a foundation with four pillars. The foundation represented, "the collective value creation within the ecologically sustainable society". The four pillars that hold up the house were business and labour policy; welfare policy; research and educational policy; and foreign and security policy. Jagland stated that everyone had something to contribute regarding the creation of the house; in particular he stated that the cabinet would cooperate with the opposition to reach these goals. In his speech, Jagland said that he would not deviate much from Harlem Brundtland's policies, but that he would increase the focus on violence, abuse of alcohol and drugs, and crime, including improvement of preventative measures and the courts. He also stated that it was important to introduce information technology in all parts of the education system. As part of the construction of the Norwegian House, the cabinet also started to appoint lay councils, with expertise within their fields, that would provide them with feedback and inputs on important areas in society. Jagland stated that the purpose was to allow critical voices close access to the political decisions, and increase the number of ideas generated at a political level.[12] Jagland stated in August 2008 that, "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".[13] Jagland said in an interview, "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".[8]

Minister of Petroleum and Energy Grete Faremo resigned following the secret police investigation of Berge Furre, which occurred during her period as Minister of Justice.[14] Jagland fronted the opposition to raise pensions for the elderly, describing it as "nauseating". In August, a former Soviet spy described Jagland as a friendly politician during the 1970s and 80s. Jagland said he held diplomatic talks with the Soviet unions and that all the conversations were innocent exchanges between them.[15] He was classified as a "confidential contact" by the Committee for State Security (KGB). In 1996, Yasser Arafat, President of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA), visited Norway for two days.[16]

With the announcement of the new government, Jagland chose not to renew the term of Martin Kolberg as state secretary at the Office of the Prime Minister. Kolberg, a childhood friend of Jagland, reacted with anger and frustration, and the media portrayed the matter as Jagland firing his best friend. Jagland said, "Martin had wanted to work for Gro [Harlem Brundtland]" ... I really wanted him to work as party secretary". Regarding Kolberg's reaction, Jagland said, "I followed an agreement between us, and I though he did not want the job. I am very surprised by his reaction".[17] Five days later, Kolberg was appointed state secretary in the Ministry of Defence.[18]

Jagland's 36.9 ultimatum and resignation

Ahead of the 1997 parliamentary election, Jagland announced the cabinet would resign if the party received less than 36.9% of the popular vote.[19] This ultimatum was based on the fact that Jagland had assumed the Prime Minister post based on the votes collected by Brundtland in the 1993 election, which provided an unclear parliamentary basis for governing.[20] The Labour cabinet was only supported by 67 out of 165 members of Parliament, namely its own party group,[21] and thus had to seek support from the largest opposition parties—the Centre Party as well as Labour's traditional adversary, the Conservative Party—on a case-by-case basis. Since the Norwegian Parliament lacks any form of investiture before a cabinet forms, the cabinet, if a minority government, may lack concrete support from its inception. Brundtland had already subscribed to the ad-hoc tactic during her time as Prime Minister, describing it as "slalom racing in the Storting".[20] However, the negotiations in order to land the annual state budget in 1996 were particularly tough.[21] According to political scientist Trond Nordby, Jagland felt that a cabinet which achieved less than 36.9% would not be suited to achieve meaningful results in the face of a superior Parliament.[22]

As it turned out, Labour only received 35.0%. Again, no party won a majority, so the power was given to the first cabinet of Kjell Magne Bondevik, with Jagland resigning on 29 September 1997.[23][24] This cabinet had an even weaker parliamentary basis.[21][22] Erik Solheim, the leader of Socialist Left Party (SV), said that if Jagland resigned, "he would go down in history as Norway's most puzzling politician".[15]

After resigning as Prime Minister, Jagland continued as member of parliament in the term 1997–2001, when he was chair of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs. During his tenure as Prime Minister his seat in parliament had been occupied by Vidar Brynsplass.[3]

Leader of the Labour Party

After the 1997 election, a power struggle developed within the Labour Party, with Stoltenberg seeking to become the new party leader. Labour had lost much of its political power to Kjell Magne Bondevik and his cabinet.[6] In 1998, Jagland made several now-famous statements that were met with ridicule, including, "We will come again, yes, we are here already", "We put the foot down and stand on it" and "I usually don't look backwards, nor do i look forward".[8] The municipal elections in 1999 continued the decline for the Labour Party and discontent grew among party members. Newspapers were full of stories about the power struggle within the party between Jagland and Stoltenberg. During an interview with journalist Kirstin Karlsen from Aftenposten, Jagland was asked, "Did you not want Stoltenberg to get any easier start than you had in 1996? Did he not have enough time to prepare before the election?" Jagland replied:[6]

Stoltenberg had more time. There were many in the Labour Party who thought we had to come back to power as fast as possible, and then he would have some thoughts about what we were doing. ... I just noted that many believed it. It was evidence of how difficult it is to have a government which has no parliamentary basis. So Stoltenberg and I came to the same conclusion, that we had to try to form a majority government.

After several years of strife, the power struggle was essentially concluded in 2000, when Stoltenberg became the party's prime minister candidate and Jagland settled as Minister of Foreign Affairs.[25] When asked about the power struggle, Jagland said "It does not help with bulletproof vests, when the shots come from within".[8]

In 1998, Jagland was confronted with another incident, after being tricked by Synnøve Svabø into placing his hands on her breasts while on national television. Svabø was at that time talk show host for Weekend Globoid. Two years later, she was prosecuted for adultery against Jagland by the Labour-politician Gaute Hareide from Ulsteinvik. Svabø replied to here prosecution "Am I accused for the Jagland-grip? I had considered an accusation, but not three years afterwards. And not against me ... I was innocent". The police dropped the case shortly afterwards. It was seen by many at that time that Svabø "lured" Jagland.[26]

Workers' Youth league membership scandal

Also in 1998, four leaders and treasurers of Oslo AUF were convicted of fraud and jailed as part of the Workers' Youth League membership scandal. They were found to have filed excessive membership numbers in order to receive increased municipal grants, and the court case revealed that most youth parties and their leaders had been engaging in this practice since the 1970s.[27] Jagland testified in the case and said it was not necessarily wrong to "advance" money for memberships, provided the members in question reimburse this fee later on. But he did testify that it was unacceptable to transfer money from AUF's main bank account to pay for membership fees. When pressed by the prosecutor, he also agreed that membership numbers were too high when he was the leader of AUF. In his defense, he said if AUF were to follow the law too rigidly, they would only have ended up with a quarter of the membership numbers that the Norwegian Young Conservatives operated with. Jagland has later said to the court that AUF should have received even more subsidies, referring to some of the other political youth parties that used similar methods for calculating membership numbers.[28]

In 2001, Jagland was replaced as party leader by Jens Stoltenberg the following year under circumstances many in the media deemed controversial. Earlier that very year, an unnamed source within the party told the newspaper Dagbladet that Jagland "most likely" would remain leader up until 2004.[29] However, before any voting took place Jagland relinquished the post.[30] He had recently been hospitalized due to general health problems,[31] and had moreover felt "responsibility to end this destructive personal strife".[30]

Minister of Foreign Affairs

In 2000, the first cabinet of Bondevik resigned following a motion of confidence. A new Labour cabinet, to be led by Jens Stoltenberg, was announced by King Harald V on 17 March 2000;[32] although Jagland was still party leader at the time, he was passed over for the Prime Minister candidacy, and instead settled for Minister of Foreign Affairs.

One of his first acts as Minister of Foreign Affairs was to visit Yugoslavia, three years before its collapse, Jagland wanted to improve foreign aid to Yugoslavia and try to find a peaceful solution to the Yugoslav wars.[33] On May Day 2001, some protesters threw cream pie on Jagland's face; he responded by light-heartedly cleaning himself up and proceeding to lead a labour march in Oslo.[34] As Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jagland visited Sri Lanka in June 2001 to try to reach a level of involvement in the Sri Lankan Civil War. After a brief visit to the capital Colombo, at the request of the Sri Lankan president Chandrika Kumaratunga, Jagland agreed to take a role in the peace process of Sri Lanka between the Sri Lankan Government and the Tamil Tiger.[35] In June, Jagland was invited to visit China by its foreign minister, Tang Jiaxuan; Jagland left for China on 27 June 2001 and returned the following day.[36] Later, Norway reported Australia to the United Nations for refusing to allow a ship full of Afghans to enter Australian territory. Jagland, who said of the matter, "our opinion is that international law is on our side",[37] reported Australia to the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.[38]

The Labour Party did not fare well during the 2001 election. The newspaper Dagbladet stated that the closing polls signalized a "political earthquake".[citation needed] In an interview with The Associated Press, Jagland said, "It is unstable and unpredictable".[39] After the votes had been counted, Stoltenberg and his cabinet was forced to resign, suffering from its worst election campaign results since 1924.[40] With the 98% votes reported, the Labour Party only received 24%, falling from 35%.[clarification needed]

Jagland lost the position of Foreign Minister as the Labour cabinet after again holding office for only one year. He was succeeded by the second cabinet of Bondevik, following the 2001 election. While appointed to the cabinet, his seat in parliament had been occupied by Frank Willy Larsen.[3]

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 October 10, 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:[41]

This is a completely new era for me. I shall lead the work of the parliament, so that it goes smoothly on rails. Also, I represent the Parliament, both in Norway and abroad.

Jagland told the newspaper Aftenposten he wanted more Norwegian soldiers sent to South Afghanistan: "The Norwegian special forces will certainly be welcome throughout the winter. If NATO is demanding them, Norway should contribute". In 2007, Stoltenberg allowed Jagland to push through his plan to develop Storting as a stronger center for current political debates, thus increasing the power of the parliamentary members on issues from the cabinet.[42]

A United Nations conference against racism and discrimination in Geneva was planned for the spring of 2009. Some member states, such as Canada and Israel, had announced that they might boycott the conference because previous such conferences had given way to anti-Semitism and racism.[43] Jagland said Norway was unlikely to undertake any boycott, but he added, "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".[44]

In 2009, the cabinet issued a proposal to remove the "Blasphemy Paragraph", part of the criminal law that made blasphemous statements a criminal offense. There was a political consensus in parliament that the paragraph was outdated. The cabinet proposed that it instead by replaced by a "Racism Paragraph", that was aimed at protecting religious groups from attacks, while retaining protection of the academic freedom of speech. All political parties in parliament, except the Centre Party, were opposed to the "Racism Paragraph", but Centre-leader Liv Signe Navarsete stated that she had used her influence to make the Labour Party accept the matter.[45] When asked about the case, Jagland responded: "It will in itself be a paradox if one questions the principle that freedom of speech is subject to the party whip. Especially when it emerges that the question may have been the subject of horse-trading and trying make small coups".[46]

Jagland had also been critical of the lack of parliamentary control permitted by the coalition cabinet. Critics accused Jagland of attacking the Red-Green Cabinet as revenge against Stoltenberg for forcing Jagland to resign as Labour Party leader in 2002. Jagland rejected this as "petty criticism". Jagland announced in September 2008 that he would not seek reelection. He said he decided, with "great sadness", to leave Norwegian politics because he was applying for the position of Secretary-General of the Council of Europe.[47]

Chairman of the Nobel Committee

Jagland with president Barack Obama during the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize ceremony.

In late 2008, he was confirmed as the new leader of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, succeeding Ole Danbolt Mjøs from February 2009.[48][49] In January 2009, Jagland visited Estonia and met Prime Minister Andrus Ansip, where Jagland announced he would be applying for the position of Secretary-General of the Council of Europe in the summer of 2009. Jagland and Ansip also discussed the relations between Norway and Estonia during the visit.

On September 30, 2009, Thorbjørn Jagland was elected to the position of Secretary-General of the Council of Europe,[50] with 165 against 80 votes.[51]

After the announcement of Barack Obama as winner of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize, the main opposition parties, the Progress Party and the Conservative Party, as well as several voices within his own Labour Party, demanded that Jagland resign his position as Chairman of the Nobel Committee, "in light of the award" as one party leader said, citing concerns that he may compromise the committee's independence when he simultaneously is head of the Council of Europe[52]. The Director of the Institute for Peace Research, Kristian Berg Harpviken, said, "I don't believe that one consciously excludes candidates because the leader of the committee also is the leader of the Council of Europe, but just the fact that one can ask the question weakens the image of the Nobel Committee as an independent committee, and that is a problem."[53]

Secretary General of the Council of Europe [54]

Founded on 5 May 1949, the Council of Europe seeks to develop throughout Europe common and democratic principles based on the European Convention on Human Rights and other reference texts on the protection of individuals. The Council of Europe, based in Strasbourg (France), now covers virtually the entire European continent, with its 47 member countries.

Jagland unveiled his plan to revitalise the Council of Europe as a political body and an innovative, flexible organisation, in close cooperation with staff and the stakeholders of the Organisation, making it more visible and relevant for the citizens of Europe.

He underlined the following main goals for the reform[55]:

• To revitalise the CoE as a political body and an innovative organisation
• To concentrate the work on fewer projects, selected on the highest added value and comparative advantages
• To develop a flexible organisation that is also more visible and relevant for the citizens of Europe

The reform of the Council of Europe is based on four interrelated pillars, with improvements regarding governance, operations, structure and the European Court of Human Rights. On 25th January 2010, at the Parliamentary Assembly session, Thorbjørn Jagland also underlined: “It is equally important that the Russian Federation – another global player on our continent – has decided to approve the ratification of Protocol 14 which will reinforce the European Court of Human Rights. We can now create a safe haven for human rights stretching from Lisbon to Baku and from la Valetta, over Brussels to Vladivostok”[56].

Moreover, speaking at the European Policy Center in Brussels on 16th February 2010, Jagland suggested that the EU’s accession to the European Convention on Human Rights is “a new historic change in co-operation on democratic security and stability in Europe”[57].


Political views

Jagland is in favour of Norwegian membership in the European Union. In 1990, he published the book Min europeiske drøm (My European Dream).[3] He has also proposed the European Union be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.[58] Since 1999, Jagland has been one of several vice presidents of the Socialist International.[59] He has stated that the left wing in Norway does not use Socialist International enough.[60] From 2000 to 2006, he chaired the Socialist International Committee on the Middle East, and he has outspokenly opposed the perceived presence of Islamophobia in Western societies.[61] He became chairman of the board of the Oslo Center upon its establishment in 2006.[3]

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