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Stoltenberg was appointed as NATO Secretary General on the 1st of October 2010, his term of office will last until September 30, 2022.. He was born in March 1959 in Oslo. He spent his childhood abroad, where his father Thorvald Stoltenberg worked as a diplomat.
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In 1987, he completed his studies in economics at the University of Oslo, and later completed postgraduate studies there.
While Mr Stoltenberg was Prime Minister, Norway’s defence spending increased steadily, with the result that Norway is today one of the Allies with the highest per capita defence expenditure. Mr Stoltenberg has also been instrumental in transforming the Norwegian armed forces, through a strong focus on deployable high-end capabilities. Under his leadership, the Norwegian Government has contributed Norwegian forces to various NATO operations.
Mr Stoltenberg is a strong supporter of enhanced transatlantic cooperation, including better burden-sharing across the Atlantic. He sees NATO and the EU as complementary organisations in terms of securing peace and development in Europe and beyond.
Mr Stoltenberg has had a number of international assignments. These include chairing the UN High-level Panel on System-wide Coherence and the High-level Advisory Group on Climate Change Financing. He was also UN Special Envoy on Climate Change.
Mr Stoltenberg is married to Ingrid Schulerud. Together they have two grown-up children.
Source: NATO
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Rasmussen was appointed as NATO Secretary General on the 1st of August 2009. He was born in Ginnerup on the Jutland Peninsula on January 26, 1953. After completing his bachelor's studies at Katedralskole in Viborg in 1972, he studied economics at the University of Aarhus, completing his master's studies in 1978 (MSc Econ). In the same year, he became a member of the Danish Parliament representing the Liberal Party. |
Mr. Rasmussen held numerous positions in government and opposition throughout his political career. From 1987 to 1992 he was Minister for Taxation and from 1990 to 1992 also Minister for Economic Affairs in the Conservative-Liberal coalition Government. As Minister for Economic Affairs and member of the EU’s ECOFIN-council 1990-92, Mr. Rasmussen was the Danish negotiator of and signatory to the Maastricht Treaty which eventually led to the introduction of the single currency, the euro.
From 1992 to 1998 he was spokesman for the Liberal Party and from 1993 to 1998 in addition vice-chairman of the Parliament’s Economic and Political Affairs Committee. In 1998 he became chairman of the Liberal Party’s national organisation and vice-chairman of the Parliament’s Foreign Policy Board.
After the parliamentary elections in 2001 he formed his first government, a coalition consisting of the Liberal Party and the Conservative People’s Party. His government was re-elected in 2005 and 2007 respectively, and he held the position as Prime Minister until he was elected as future NATO Secretary General at the Strasbourg-Kehl Summit in April 2009.
During the Danish Presidency of the European Union from July to December 2002 Mr. Rasmussen played a key role in the process leading to conclusion of the accession negotiations with 10 candidates for EU-membership at the meeting of the European Council in Copenhagen in December 2002.
Mr. Rasmussen is married to Anne-Mette Rasmussen. They have three children. In his spare time, he is a passionate runner, and he also enjoys cycling and kayaking.
Source: NATO
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Scheffer was appointed as NATO Secretary General on the 5th of January 2004. Jakob Gijsbert (Jaap) de Hoop Scheffer was born in Amsterdam on 3 April 1948. After completing his secondary education, he studied law at Leiden University, graduating in 1974. From 1974 to 1976 he performed his military service in the Royal Netherlands Air Force.From 1976 to 1986, he worked in the diplomatic service. After completing diplomatic training, he first worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as deputy press secretary. |
Between 1976 and 1978, he worked as a secretary at the Dutch Embassy in Ghana. Later, until 1980, he was a member of the Permanent Delegation to NATO in Brussels, where he was responsible for issues of defense planning. Until 1986, he worked as a personal secretary to four consecutive foreign ministers (Van der Kaluw, Van der Stoel, Van Agt and Van den Broek).
In June 1986, De Hoop Scheffer was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for the Christian Democratic Alliance (CDA). He became its spokesman for foreign policy (as well as asylum and refugee policy and European legal affairs) and served on the standing committees for legislation, European affairs and defence. Between 1989 and 1994, he headed the Standing Committee for Development Cooperation. Between 1986 and 1994, he was also a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and the Western European Union. In 1990, during the Persian Gulf crisis, he worked as a rapporteur for the Western European Union for the consequences of the occupation of Kuwait and the ongoing operations in the Persian Gulf. Between 1994 and 1997 he worked in the North Atlantic Assembly.
From December 1995, he held the position of vice-chairman of the CDA, and in March 1997 he became its chairman. He resigned from his post in October 2001 and chaired the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Dutch Parliament from November 2001 to May 2002. On July 22, 2002, he was appointed from the position of Minister of Foreign Affairs in the first Balkenende government. He was appointed to the same position on May 27, 2003 in Balkenende's second cabinet.
The Netherlands held the presidency of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) until 31 December 2003, and de Hoop Scheffer was the chairman of the organization.
Jaap de Hoop Scheffer is married and has two daughters. In his spare time, he is most often involved in sports, especially running, tennis and squash. He likes to sing and is a lover of Dutch, French and English literature as well as French films.
Source: NATO
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George Islay |
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Javier Solana |
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Willy Claes Belgium 1994 - 1995 |
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Manfred Wörner Germany 1988 - 1994 |
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Lord Carrington Great Britain 1984 - 1988 |
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Joseph Luns Netherland 1971 - 1984 |
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Manlio Brosio Italia 1964 - 1971 |
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Dirk Stikker Netherlands 1961 - 1964 |
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Paul-Henri Spaak |
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Lord Ismay |
