Munich Security Conference
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The Munich Security Conference, formerly Munich Conference on Security Policy, is an annual conference on international security policy that has been held in Munich, Germany, since 1963. It is the wor
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Founder Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin
Chairman since 2008 Wolfgang Ischinger
The image represents George Soros, the chairman of Soros Fund Management, speaking at the 48th Munich Security Conference in 2012, highlighting his involvement in global security discussions and his views on international finance and politics.
Jens Stoltenberg
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Jens Stoltenberg is a Norwegian politician who has served as the minister of finance since 2025, a position he previously held from 1996 to 1997. A member of the Labour Party, he also served as the pr
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…Heusgen took over the position in February 2022. Vice chairman is Dr. Benedikt Franke, who is also CEO. In October 2024, former NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg was named as the incoming chairman starting in 2025. He will assume the chair of the MSC once his public duties in Norway have come to an end. Until…
Stoltenberg in 2025
Stoltenberg with Russian president Vladimir Putin in New York City, 2000
Stoltenberg and Jonas Gahr Støre with US president George W. Bush during the NATO Summit in April 2008
Stoltenberg speaks on International Workers' Day at Youngstorget in Oslo on 1 May 2009.