Børge Brende
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Born | 1965-09-25 Odda, Hordaland, Norway |
Nationality | Norwegian |
Alma mater | Norwegian University of Science and Technology |
Children | 2 |
Spouse | Ine Brende |
Member of | WEF/Managing Board |
Party | Conservative |
Børge Brende is a Norwegian politician, President of the World Economic Forum since 2017, and member of the Bilderberg Steering Committee.[1]
Background
Brende joined The Youth Group of the Conservative Party, (Høyre) at age 14.
Career
He had a brief journalistic career, and worked in the Aftenposten political department under Egil Sundar.
From a young age, Brende participated as a manager in family companies Brende-entrepreneur AS, where he was chief financial officer 1990-1992.
Brende studied history and social economics at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, finished in 1997.
Brende was political secretary of the Young Conservatives in 1985, and Chairman 1988–1990. He was deputy chair of the pro-EU European Movement 1991-1992 (before the Norwegian EU-referendum 1994).
Brende was the 1st Deputy Leader in the Conservative Party 1994-1998. He was member of parliament (Storting) between 1997 and 2009. Brende was a member of the Storting's Finance Committee 1997–2001.
In PMKjell Magne Bondevik's second government, Brende was Minister of the Environment 2001-2004 and Minister of Trade and Industry 2004-2005.
He was Deputy Chairman of the Advisory Board at the Norwegian Defence University College (2010–2011).
International Politics
Brende was Chairman of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development from 2003 to 2004.
In January 2008, Brende joined the World Economic Forum as managing director, particularly in charge of relations with governments and civil society. In 2009, Brende joined the Norwegian Red Cross as Secretary General.
He re-joined the World Economic Forum in 2011 as managing director with responsibility for policy initiatives and engagement of the Forum's non-business constituents.
He moved back to national politics and became Minister of Foreign Affairs under PM Erna Solberg from 2013 to 2017, during the Norwegian involvement in the war on Syria and the placement of several US bases on Norwegian territory.
Brende became the the president of the World Economic Forum from mid-October 2017.
Events Participated in
Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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Bilderberg/2016 | 9 June 2016 | 12 June 2016 | Germany Dresden | The 2016 Bilderberg meeting took place in Dresden, Germany. |
Bilderberg/2018 | 7 June 2018 | 10 June 2018 | Italy Turin Hotel Torino Lingotto Congress | The 66th Bilderberg Meeting, in Turin, Italy, known for months in advance after an unprecedented leak by the Serbian government. |
Bilderberg/2019 | 30 May 2019 | 2 June 2019 | Switzerland Montreux | The 67th Bilderberg Meeting |
Bilderberg/2023 | 18 May 2023 | 21 May 2023 | Portugal Lisbon Pestana Palace Hotel | The 69th Bilderberg Meeting, held in Lisbon, with 128 guests on the official list. The earliest in the year since 2009. |
Bilderberg/2024 | 30 May 2024 | 2 June 2024 | Spain Madrid | The 70th Bilderberg Meeting |
Brussels Forum/2015 | 20 March 2015 | 22 March 2015 | Germany North Rhine-Westphalia Cleve | Yearly discreet get-together of huge amount of transatlantic politicians, media and military and corporations, under the auspices of the CIA-close German Marshall Fund. The 2015 main theme was (R)evolution. |
Munich Security Conference/2014 | 31 January 2014 | 2 February 2014 | Germany Munich Bavaria | The 50th Munich Security Conference |
Munich Security Conference/2015 | 6 February 2015 | 8 February 2015 | Germany Munich Bavaria | "400 high-ranking decision-makers in international politics, including some 20 heads of state and government as well as more than 60 foreign and defence ministers, met in Munich to discuss current crises and conflicts." |
Munich Security Conference/2016 | 12 February 2016 | 14 February 2016 | Germany Munich Bavaria | The 52nd Munich Security Conference |
Munich Security Conference/2017 | 17 February 2017 | 19 February 2017 | Germany Munich Bavaria | The 53rd Munich Security Conference |
Munich Security Conference/2018 | 12 February 2018 | 14 February 2018 | Germany Munich Bavaria | The 54th Munich Security Conference |
Munich Security Conference/2019 | 15 February 2019 | 17 February 2019 | Germany Munich Bavaria | The 55th Munich Security Conference, which included "A Spreading Plague" aimed at "identifying gaps and making recommendations to improve the global system for responding to deliberate, high consequence biological events." |
Munich Security Conference/2020 | 14 February 2020 | 16 February 2020 | Germany Munich Bavaria | The 56th Munich Security Conference, in 2020, "welcomed an unprecedented number of high-ranking international decision-makers." |
Munich Security Conference/2022 | 18 February 2022 | 20 February 2022 | Germany Munich Bavaria | |
Munich Security Conference/2023 | 17 February 2023 | 19 February 2023 | Germany Munich Bavaria | Annual conference of mid-level functionaries from the military-industrial complex - politicians, propagandists and lobbyists. The real decisions are made by deep politicians behind the scenes, elsewhere. |
Munich Security Conference/2024 | 16 February 2024 | 18 February 2024 | Germany Munich Bavaria | Annual conference of mid-level functionaries from the military-industrial complex - politicians, propagandists and lobbyists - in their own bubble, far from the concerns of their subjects |
WEF/Annual Meeting/2011 | 26 January 2011 | 30 January 2011 | Switzerland | 2229 guests in Davos, with the theme: "Shared Norms for the New Reality". |
WEF/Annual Meeting/2012 | 25 January 2012 | 29 January 2012 | Switzerland | 2113 guests in Davos |
WEF/Annual Meeting/2013 | 23 January 2013 | 27 January 2013 | World Economic Forum Switzerland | 2500 mostly unelected leaders met to discuss "leading through adversity" |
WEF/Annual Meeting/2014 | 22 January 2014 | 25 January 2014 | World Economic Forum Switzerland | 2604 guests in Davos considered "Reshaping The World" |
WEF/Annual Meeting/2015 | 21 January 2015 | 24 January 2015 | World Economic Forum Switzerland | Attended by a lot of people. This page lists only the 261 "Public Figures". |
WEF/Annual Meeting/2016 | 20 January 2016 | 23 January 2016 | World Economic Forum Switzerland | Attended by over 2500 people, both leaders and followers, who were explained how the Fourth Industrial Revolution would changed everything, including being a "revolution of values". |
WEF/Annual Meeting/2017 | 17 January 2017 | 20 January 2017 | World Economic Forum Switzerland | 2950 known participants, including prominently Bill Gates. "Offers a platform for the most effective and engaged leaders to achieve common goals for greater societal leadership." |
WEF/Annual Meeting/2019 | 22 January 2019 | 25 January 2019 | Switzerland | |
WEF/Annual Meeting/2020 | 21 January 2020 | 24 January 2020 | World Economic Forum Switzerland | This mega-summit of the world's ruling class and their political and media appendages happens every year, but 2020 was special, as the continuous corporate media coverage of COVID-19 started more or less from one day to the next on 20/21 January 2020, coinciding with the start of the meeting. |
WEF/Annual Meeting/2022 | 22 May 2022 | 26 May 2022 | World Economic Forum Switzerland | 1912 guests in Davos |
WEF/Annual Meeting/2023 | 16 January 2023 | 20 January 2023 | World Economic Forum Switzerland | The theme of the meeting was "Cooperation in a Fragmented World" |