Espen Barth Eide

Espen Barth Eide (born 1 May 1964 in Oslo) is a Norwegian political scientist and managing director at World Economic Forum. He served as Norway's Minister of Defense in Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet from 11 November 2011 to 21 September 2012, and then as Minister of Foreign Affairs to 16 October 2013. Since December 2013, Espen Barth Eide has served as a member of the Board of the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD) where he is currently Chairman of the Operations Committee. On 22 August 2014, Espen Barth Eide was appointed United Nations Special Adviser on Cyprus.

Early life and education

Eide, the son of the jurist, human rights expert and author Asbjørn Eide (b. 1933) and Professor of nutritional physiology Wenche Barth Eide (b. Barth 1935), attended the Oslo Cathedral School and graduated from the University of Oslo in 1993 with the cand.polit. degree. He also studied at the Autonomous University of Barcelona.

Eide joined the Labour Party 1979, and in the 1980s held several positions in Workers' Youth League (Labour Party Youth). He was secretary-general of the European Movement Norway in 1992 and joined the campaign for Norway to join the EU in 1994.

Eide

Eide is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the region of Nordmøre. It is located on the Romsdal peninsula, along the Kornstadfjorden and the Kvernesfjorden. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Eide. Other villages include Lyngstad, Vevang, and Visnes.

The municipality is known for its traditional and modern limestone (marble) quarries and related crafts industry. The Atlanterhavsveien coastal road connects Eide Municipality to neighboring Averøy Municipality to the east. The municipal border lies at the Storseisundet Bridge on the Atlanterhavsveien road.

General information

The municipality of Eide was established on 1 January 1897 when it was separated from Kvernes Municipality. The initial population of the municipality was 1,552. On 1 January 1964, the Vevang area (population: 562) was transferred from Kornstad Municipality to Eide Municipality. On 1 January 1983, the uninhabited island of Eldhusøya (now part of the Atlanterhavsveien) was transferred from Eide to Averøy Municipality.

Eide (disambiguation)

Eide may refer to the following:

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Eide (surname)

Eide is a Norwegian surname. Notable people with the surname include: