Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide is a Norwegian politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2017 to 2021, the first woman to hold the position. Previously, she was the Minister of Defence from 2013 to 2017. A member of the Conservative Party, she was elected in 2005 as a member of the Storting for Oslo. Søreide was appointed Norway's Foreign Minister on 20 October 2017. She succeeded Børge Brende.
Ine Eriksen Søreide
Søreide meets with U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis in Munich, Germany in February 2017.
Søreide meets with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Reykjavík, Iceland in May 2021.
Minister of Foreign Affairs (Norway)
The Minister of Foreign Affairs is a councilor of state and chief of the Norway's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Since 16 October 2023, the position has been held by Espen Barth Eide of the Labour Party.
Minister of Foreign Affairs (Norway)
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