Jonas Gahr Støre

Norwegian politician who has served as the 36th prime minister of Norway since 2021 and has been Leader of the Labour Party since 2014. He underwent naval officer training at the Norwegian Naval Academy and then studied political science at Sciences Po in Paris from 1981 to 1985.

Originally associated with the Conservative Party, he was a career special adviser and director-general in the Prime Minister's Office from 1989 to 1997, serving under prime ministers Jan Syse, Gro Harlem Brundtland, and Thorbjørn Jagland.

He became known as a protégé of Brundtland in the 1990s, and her mentorship inspired him to become a member of the Labour Party in 1995. In 1998, he followed Brundtland to the World Health Organization where he became her chief of staff. Like his political mentors Brundtland and Stoltenberg, Støre is associated with the business-friendly right-wing of the Labour Party.

Støre is married to Marit Slagsvold, a sociologist and priest in the state Church of Norway, and they have three sons. Støre is a professed Christian and a member of the state church.