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May 01, 1964 Oslo, Eastern Norway, Norway 60 years old
Norwegian political scientist and politician
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About Espen Barth Eide
- Espen Barth Eide (born 1 May 1964 in Oslo) is a Norwegian politician and political scientist.
- He is Member of the Norwegian Parliament for 2017-2020, representing the Norwegian Labour Party.
- He was elected to this post in the Norwegian Parliamentary Election on 11 September 2017. On 22 August 2014, Espen Barth Eide was appointed United Nations Special Adviser on Cyprus by former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
- He continued in this capacity under current Secretary-General António Guterres until 14 August 2017, when he stepped down from his UN role in order to engage in the election campaign in Norway. From 2014 to 2016 he served as Managing Director and Member of the Managing Board at the World Economic Forum in Geneva. Eide served as Norway's Minister of Defense in Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet from 11 November 2011 to 21 September 2012, and subsequently as Minister of Foreign Affairs until 16 October 2013.
- Since December 2013, Espen Barth Eide has served as a member of the Board of the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD) where he is currently Vice Chair of the Board and Chairman of the Operations Committee.
- He is also member of the boards of Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) and the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI).
