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Bjørn Tore Godal
Godal in 2009
Minister of Defence
In office 17 March 2000 – 19 October 2001
Prime Minister	Jens Stoltenberg
Preceded by	Eldbjørg Løwer
Succeeded by	Kristin Krohn Devold
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 24 January 1994 – 17 October 1997
Prime Minister	Gro Harlem Brundtland Thorbjørn Jagland
Preceded by	Johan Jørgen Holst
Succeeded by	Knut Vollebæk
Minister of Trade and Shipping
In office 15 November 1991 – 24 January 1994
Prime Minister	Gro Harlem Brundtland
Preceded by	Eldrid Nordbø
Succeeded by	Grete Knudsen
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
In office 1 October 1989 – 30 September 2001
Constituency	Oslo
Personal details
Born	(1945-01-20) 20 January 1945 (age 79) Skien, Telemark, Norway
Political party	Labour
Spouse(s)	Sissel Rønbeck (1971-1981) Gro Balas (1988–present)

Bjørn Tore Godal (born 20 January 1945) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1994–1997 and Minister of Defence from 2000–2001 in Stoltenberg's First Cabinet. From 2003-2007 he was the Norwegian ambassador to Germany. Since 2007, he has acted as special adviser to the Norwegian State Department in international energy and climate issues.

Honours

• Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George, 1994
• Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit, 1995

References

1. "Bjørn Tore Godal" (in Norwegian). Storting.
2. Galloway, Peter (2000). The Order of St Michael and St George. Third Millennium Publishing. p. 383. ISBN 0-9536969-5-2.
3. "BOE-A-1995-10107 Real Decreto 663/1995, de 21 de abril, por el que se concede la Gran Cruz de la Orden del Mérito Civil al señor Bjorn Tore Godal, Ministro de Asuntos Exteriores del Reino de Noruega". www.boe.es. Retrieved 2024-10-24.

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