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(born Thorbjørn Johansen, 5 November 1950) is a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party, currently serving his second term as the Secretary General of the Council of Europe (since 2009). He is also the former Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, which is responsible for awarding the Nobel Peace Prize. Jagland studied economics at the University of Oslo. He started his political career in the Workers' Youth League, and served as national leader from 1977 to 1981. Jagland served as Prime Minister of Norway from 1996 to 1997, Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2000 to 2001, Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Storting from 2001 to 2005 and President of the Storting from 2005 to 2009. Prior to becoming Prime Minister, Jagland served as Party Secretary of the Norwegian Labour Party from 1986 to 1992, and subsequently Party Leader until 2002, when he was succeeded by Jens Stoltenberg. He was Member of the Storting from 1993 to 2009, but did not run for re-election. Few Norwegian politicians have held as many high profile international positions as Jagland. He was Vice-President of the Socialist International〔https://sites.google.com/site/breakingbordersberlin/speakers〕 and was Chair of the Organisation's Board when Willy Brandt was President. Jagland also chaired its Middle East Committee for 10 years.〔http://www.socialistinternational.org/viewArticle.cfm?ArticleID=430&Search=jagland〕 Furthermore, Jagland was one of five members of the Mitchell Committee〔http://eeas.europa.eu/mepp/docs/mitchell_report_2001_en.pdf〕 appointed by President Clinton and Secretary-General Kofi Annan to advise on how to end violence in the Middle East. Jagland is an Honorary Board member of the Peres Center for Peace〔http://www.peres-center.org/honorary_board〕 and was Chair of the Board of the Oslo Centre for Peace and Human Rights but left when he became Chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee. A survey in 2000 found that Jagland was second most influential in a list of the 50 most influential persons in Norway.〔(Norges 50 mektigste ) Dagbladet, 24 December 2001. Retrieved 15 September 2013〕 On 30 September 2009, Thorbjørn Jagland was elected to the position of Secretary-General of the Council of Europe, by its Parliamentary Assembly with 165 against 80 votes.〔"Jagland til Europarådet", ''Utdanning'', 9 October 2009, page 9〕 On 24 June 2014, Jagland was re-elected as Secretary General of the Council of Europe to serve an additional five years. His second five-year term in office commences on 1 October 2014.〔http://website-pace.net/documents/10643/110596/20140624-Election-SG-BIL.pdf/e81b719a-b7ca-40bf-8b2f-b17e1d871a72〕 Jagland became the first Secretary General in the history of the Council of Europe to be re-elected. == Early and personal life == Thorbjørn Jagland was born on 5 November 1950 as Thorbjørn Johansen〔Lars Gisnås, "Men Bjørn vil være Hansen", Adresseavisen, 10 November 2001, p. 6〕 in Drammen and is the son of a welder, Helge Th. Jagland, and a cook, Ingrid Bjerknes.〔 Jagland graduated from secondary school in 1969. Along with his twin brother Helge, Thorbjørn Jagland studied economics at the University of Oslo, but was at the same time involved in politics and did not finish his studies.〔 He married journalist Hanne Grotjord in 1976.〔(Thorbjørn Jagland ) biography at Government.no〕 The couple has two sons, Anders (born 1978) and Henrik (born 1986). As Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Jagland resides in Strasbourg, France. Jagland has been awarded the title of Commander of the National Order of the Legion of Honour of France for his “tireless commitment to the European continent and the universal values it represents”. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Thorbjørn Jagland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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