Kjell Magne Bondevik

Kjell Magne Bondevik (born September 3, 1947) is Prime Minister of Norway (2003), and has been since 2001, when he succeeded Jens Stoltenberg. He also served in this position from 1997 to 2000.

Bondevik is a theological candidate from Norway's Free Faculty of Theology in 1975. In 1979 he was ordained as pastor in the (Lutheran) Norwegian State Church.

Representing the Christian Democratic Party, Bondevik has been a member of the Storting (Parliament) since 1973. He was his party's parliamentary leader 1981-1983, 1986-1989, 1993-1997, 1997 and 2000-2001, and party leader 1983 to 1995, succeeded by Valgerd Svarstad Haugland.