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Espen Barth Eide

Diplomat · Politician

Espen Barth Eide is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Espen Barth Eide · Espens Barts Eide · Еспен Барт Ейде · Эслен Барт Эйде · إسبن بارث إيدي · 5 more...				[sources]
Other name	Eide, Espen Barth · Espens Barts Eide · Espens Eide · Еспен Барт Ейде · Эйде, Эслен Барт · 1 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Eide				[sources]
Birth date	1964-05-01				[sources]
Place of birth	Oslo				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Norway				[sources]
Country	France · Norway				[sources]
Citizenship	Norway				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Espen · Espen Barth				[sources]
Last name	Eide				[sources]
Title	His Excellency				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q267320				[sources]
Position	Foreign Minister of Norway (2012-2013) · Foreign Minister of Norway (2023-) · Minister of Climate and the Environment (2021-2023) · Minister of Defence (2011-2012) · Minister of Foreign Affairs · 7 more...				[sources]
Education	Oslo Cathedral School · University of Barcelona · University of Oslo				[sources]
Source link	www.cia.gov				[sources]
Last change	2025-09-17	Last processed	2025-09-17	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Norwegian politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Wenche Barth Eide Close Associate	mother	-	-
Асбьёрн Эйде Close Associate	father	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister of Defence	2011-11-11	2012-09-21

Data sources

US CIA World Leaders11,021

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Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,110

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UN Heads of State, Heads of Government and Ministers for Foreign Affairs1,039

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DGACM

Every Politician58,326

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MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories376,790

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Wikidata · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions547,038

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: unprot-ab0484d25399c6f94f57bfb50e0727221a517d12 · us-cia-norway-espen-barth-eide-minister-of-foreign-affairs · us-cia-norway-espen-barth-eide-minister-of-climate-environment · unprot-5eccdf8435065562aff86229854f3e91f418834e · unprot-38b59d02f43e067eacee7c6cab2a61ed13b9bcf0 · evpo-c5232ec8-ef53-4678-b2e8-8ee1c02e028a

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