Jonas Gahr Stoere succeeds Erna Solberg as Norway's new Prime Minister

Jonas Gahr Stoere succeeds Erna Solberg as Norway's new Prime Minister

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Category : International Published on: October 19 2021

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  • Jonas Gahr Store, the leader of Norway's Labor Party, which won the elections in September, became the country's new prime minister.
  • After defeating the ruling Conservative-led government in the September 2021 Parliament election, a minority coalition comprising the leftwing Labour Party and the rural Centre Party assumed power in Norway.
  • Two days after Erna Solberg and her government resigned, King Harald V named Stoere as Norway's Prime Minister.
  • Stoere has been a leader of the Labour Party since 2014.

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  • Capital: Oslo
  • Currency: Norwegian krone
  • The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded in Norway by a Norwegian committee
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