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 during takeoff from Moldova
Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre said on September 9 that a drone nearly struck President Volodymyr Zelensky's plane as it took off from Moldova en route to Oslo on September 8. Zelensky was traveling to Norway for the funeral of King Harald V. Støre provided no further details on how close the drone came or its source, and the Ukrainian President's Office later called claims that Zelensky was in danger "exaggerated."