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espen barth eide odda , norway conservative party minister of foreign affairs erna solberg 25 september 1965 16 october 2013 børge 2008.jpg brende at the world economic forum on africa børge brende
 børge brende norwegian university of science and technology
børge brende

børge brende -lrb- born 25 september 1965 -rrb- is a norwegian politician from the conservative party and has been the minister of foreign affairs since 16 october 2013 .
he served as minister of the environment 2001 -- 2004 and as minister of trade and industry 2004 -- 2005 , and as a member of the storting 1997 -- 2009 .
brende served as chairman of the un commission on sustainable development 2003-2004 .
in 2005 , he took up the appointment of international vice chairman of the china council for the international cooperation on environment and development -lrb- advisory board to the state council -rrb- .
in january 2008 , brende joined the world economic forum as managing director , particularly in charge of relations with governments and civil society .
in 2009 , børge brende joined the norwegian red cross as secretary general .
he re-joined the world economic forum in 2011 as managing director with responsibility for policy initiatives and engagement of the forum 's non-business constituents .
brende is married and has two sons .
