Jens Stoltenberg, (born March 16, 1959, Oslo, Norway), Norwegian Labour Party politician who served as prime minister of Norway (2000–01, 2005–13) and secretary-general (2014– ) of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Stoltenberg, the son of politician and one-time foreign minister (1987–89) Thorvald Stoltenberg, attended the University of Oslo, earning an advanced degree in economics. From 1979 to 1981 he wrote for the daily newspaper Arbeiderbladet. He then gave up journalism to devote himself to politics, serving as the information secretary of the Norwegian Labour Party (Det norske Arbeiderparti; DNA) in 1981 and chairing the Labour Youth League from 1985