State Secretary Eivind Vad Petersson
State Secretary Eivind Vad Petersson (Labour Party)
State Secretary for Minister of Foreign Affairs Espen Barth Eide.
Appointed:
14/10/2021
Born:
1981
E-mail
eivind.vad.petersson@mfa.no
Phone:
23 95 00 35
Latest speeches and statements
- State Secretary Vad Petersson’s statement at Ukraine Recovery Conference
- Opening Speech at Berlin Security Conference
- Statement on the Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
- The Modern-Day Nuclear Threat and How to Respond
- Transatlantic Unity in Times of War
Work experience
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2021 – |
State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
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2016 – 2021 |
Foreign and Defence Policy Adviser, Labour Party Parliamentary Group |
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2010 – 2016 |
Diplomat at the Norwegian Embassies in South Sudan, South Africa and Germany |
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2008 – 2011 |
Foreign Service Trainee Programme, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
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2007 – 2008 |
Communications Adviser, Universities Norway (UHR) |
Education
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2007 |
Masters degree in European and International Politics, London School of Economics (LSE) |
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2006 |
Undergraduate degrees in International Studies and European Studies (EU), University of Oslo (exchange student at Freie Universität Berlin in 2005) |
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1997 – 2001 |
Oslo katedralskole (upper secondary school) (exchange student in South Africa 1998–1999) |
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1992 - 1997 |
Tåsen skole (elementary and lower secondary school), Oslo |
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1988 - 1992 |
Kirkenes skole (elementary school), Kirkenes |
Political appointments and organisational experience
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2005 – |
Various local and county-level positions in the Labour Party |
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2004 – 2006 |
Vice President of the Norwegian Youth Council (LNU) |
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2003 – 2004 |
International officer, National Union of Students (NSO) (full-time position) |
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2000 – 2007 |
Various elected positions in student organisations at local, national and European level |