Jens Stoltenberg
Jens Stoltenberg is a Norwegian politician who served as Prime Minister of Norway from 2000 to 2013 and as Secretary General of NATO from 2014 to 2024. He led two Norwegian governments, first for the centrist party and then as leader of the Labour Party, before leaving domestic politics to head the Atlantic alliance for a decade. His tenure at NATO was marked by reinforced deterrence in the Baltic states and Eastern Europe and by coordinating allied military and financial support for Ukraine after Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022.
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Norwegian PM says drone nearly hit Zelensky's plane in Moldova; Ukrainian side calls claim 'exaggerated'
Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre said on September 9 that a drone nearly struck the plane carrying President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as it departed Moldova for Oslo on September 8, where Zelenskyy was to attend the funeral of King Harald V. Norwegian and Ukrainian officials later said the flight was delayed by a Moldovan airspace closure caused by Russian drones, and that it remained unknown how close the drones came to the aircraft. Zelenskyy attended the funeral on September 9 and left Norway shortly afterward.