NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, in office since 2014, intends to leave the Atlantic Alliance at the end of his current term, which ends in October, a spokeswoman for the organization announced.
“[Stoltenberg] he has no intention of asking for a new extension of the mandate,” said NATO spokeswoman Oana Lungescu, recalling that the secretary general’s mandate was extended three times, with nine years in office.
In March 2022, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the leaders of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) decided to extend Stoltenberg’s term until September 30 of this year.
The Norwegian economist and politician, former Prime Minister of Norway (2005/2013) and former leader of the Labor Party (until 2013) was scheduled to take over as head of the Central Bank in the following months, but ended up resigning. position. .
The former Norwegian prime minister, who turns 64 in March, took over the leadership of the Atlantic Alliance on October 1, 2014.
The first NATO chief to come from a country bordering Russia, Stoltenberg’s tenure began virtually at the same time as the confrontation between Moscow and Kiev, just months after Russia’s annexation of the Ukrainian Crimean peninsula.
With the management of the Afghan crisis and the US criticism directed at NATO during the presidency of Donald Trump (2017-2021), the nine years have been marked to a large extent by the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, at the gates of Europe.
Under Stoltenberg’s leadership, NATO began a profound change to adapt and respond to the challenges posed by Moscow.
Source: TSF
