Jonas Gahr Store
Jonas Gahr Støre Leader of the Labour Party Incumbent Assumed office 14 June 2014 Preceded by Jens Stoltenberg Minister of Foreign Affairs In office 17 October 2005 – 21 September 2012 Monarch Harald V Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg Preceded by Jan Petersen Succeeded by Espen Barth Eide Minister of Health and Care Services In office 21 September 2012 – 16 October 2013 Monarch Harald V Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg Preceded by Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen Succeeded by Bent Høie Personal details Born (1960-08-25) 25 August 1960 (age 54) Oslo, Norway Nationality Norwegian Political party Labour Party Relations Marit Slagsvold Children Three Residence Oslo, Norway Alma mater Paris Institute of Political Studies Royal Norwegian Naval Academy Occupation Elected MP in the Storting 2009 Religion Lutheranism Website Government page Jonas Gahr Støre (born 25 August 1960) is a Norwegian politician and the leader of the Labour Party. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs 2005–2012 and as Minister of Health and Care Services 2012–2013. He has been a member of the Storting since 2009, and has been deputy chair of the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs since 2013. Støre studied political science at Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris from 1981 to 1985. He worked for Gro Harlem Brundtland as adviser and later director general at the Prime Minister's Office from 1989 to 1997. He was Executive director at the World Health Organization from 1998 to 2000 and Secretary General of the Norwegian Red Cross from 2003 to 2005.