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{{Infobox_Prime Minister| name=Kjell Magne Bondevik| image=KjellMagneBondevik.JPG| order=Prime Minister of Norway, [1997, [2000
October 19, 2001 –
October 17, 2005
[Jens Stoltenberg
[Jens Stoltenberg, [Norway| party=[Christian Democratic Party (Norway)--> çɛl mɑŋnə bunəvik (born
September 3,
1947) is a Norway
Lutheranism Religious minister and Politics of Norway. He served as Prime Minister of Norway from 1997 to 2000, and from 2001 to 2005, making him Norway's longest serving non-Socialist Prime Minister since World War II. He is also the first Prime Minister who took sick leave due to
mental illness. Currently, he is President of The Oslo Center.
The 31 October 2006 he published his memoir, called
Et liv i spenning (
A life in excitement/tension).
Family and early life
Bondevik was born in
Molde, Norway. He became a
Theology candidate from MF Norwegian School of Theology in
1975. In 1979 he was ordained as pastor in the (Lutheran) Norwegian State Church. He is married to Bjørg Bondevik (born Rasmussen), and has the three children Bjørn (born 1972), Hildegunn (born 1973) and John Harald (born 1976). Kjell Magne Bondevik is also the cousin of the Norwegian bishop
Odd Bondevik.
Political career
Representing the Christian Democratic Party, Bondevik was a member of the
Storting (Parliament) from 1973 to 2005. He was his party's parliamentary leader in the periods of 1981–1983, 1986–
1989, 1993–1997, 1997 and 2000–
2001, and party leader from
1983 to
1995. In this position, he was succeeded by Valgerd Svarstad Haugland. Bondevik was also Minister of Foreign Affairs in
Jan P. Syse's government of
1989–
1990,
Minister of Church and Education in Kåre Willoch's government 1983–1986, also Prime Minister Willoch's deputy 1985–1986, and state secretary at the Office of the Prime Minister during
Lars Korvald's government 1972–
1973.
Bondevik - the former Prime Minister
Bondevik's first term as prime minister lasted from
October 17,
1997 to
March 3, 2000, in a coalition first cabinet Bondevik consisting of the Christian Democratic Party, the Centre Party (Norway) and the
Venstre (Norway).
While serving his first term as Prime Minister, Bondevik attracted international attention in August 1998 when he admitted that he was suffering from
clinical depression, becoming the highest ranking world
leadership to admit to suffering from a mental illness while in office. Upon this revelation, Anne Enger Lahnstein became acting Prime Minister for three weeks, from
August 30 to
September 23, while he recovered from the depressive episode. Bondevik then returned to office.
His cabinet during his second period in office, a coalition
second cabinet Bondevik consisting of the
Christian Democratic Party (Norway), the Conservative Party of Norway and the Venstre (Norway), was appointed
October 19,
2001, succeeding Jens Stoltenberg.
in the Oval OfficeThe second Bondevik government carried out reforms and left a booming economy. However, Bondevik was defeated in the
Norwegian parliamentary election, 2005, with 81 seats obtained for Bondevik's coalition and its supporters to the opposition Red-Green Coalition (Norway)'s 88.
Bondevik announced his retirement from national-level politics at the end of his term as prime minister and did not seek re-election for his seat in parliament.
Awards and decorations
Bondevik was awarded the
Royal Norwegian Order of St Olav in 2004, the first sitting Norwegian Prime Minister to receive the Order of St. Olav in 80 years. The award happend due to a change in the Statutes of the Order with automatic awards to the Prime Minister and Ministers of the Government. With the succeeding Stoltenberg Government, this new controversial practice was halted by the current Prime Minister, Jens Stoltenberg, since the Government is independent from the King, who has only a symbolic role in Norway.
The Oslo Center
The Oslo Center was founded by Kjell Magne Bondevik in January 2006. The purpose of the center is to work for world peace, human rights and inter-religious tolerance world wide. The center cooperates closely with the
The Carter Center in
Atlanta, the
Kim Dae Jung Library in
Seoul and the
Crisis Management Initiative in Helsinki.
External links
- The Oslo Centre for Peace and Human Rights
- The Royal Norwegian Order of St Olav
{{Persondata]|DATE OF BIRTH=
3 September [1947, [Norway