Børge Brende

Børge Brende  link Facebook LinkedIn Powerbase Twitter (Politician, businessman, deep state operative)
Born	25 September 1965 Odda, Hordaland, Norway
Nationality	Norwegian
Alma mater	Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Children	2
Spouse	Ine Brende
Party	Conservative Party (Norway)
Bilderberg Steering Committee, President of the World Economic Forum 2017-

Børge Brende is a Norwegian politician, President of the World Economic Forum since 2017, and member of the Bilderberg Steering Committee. During dinners and in online conversations with Jeffrey Epstein, they discussed how the WEF could replace the UN in creating a new, public-private global architecture.

Background

Brende joined The Youth Group of the Conservative Party, (Høyre) at age 14.

Career

He had a brief journalistic career, and worked in the Aftenposten political department under Egil Sundar.

From a young age, Brende participated as a manager in family companies Brende-entrepreneur AS, where he was chief financial officer 1990-1992.

Brende studied history and social economics at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, finished in 1997.

Brende was political secretary of the Young Conservatives in 1985, and Chairman 1988–1990. He was deputy chair of the pro-EU European Movement 1991-1992 (before the Norwegian EU-referendum 1994).

Brende was the 1^st Deputy Leader in the Conservative Party 1994-1998. He was member of parliament between 1997 and 2009, and a member of the parliament's Finance Committee 1997–2001.

In PM Kjell Magne Bondevik's second government, Brende was Minister of the Environment 2001-2004 and Minister of Trade and Industry 2004-2005.

He was Deputy Chairman of the Advisory Board at the Norwegian Defence University College (2010–2011).

International Politics

File:Børge Brende Epstein.jpg

In april 2018 Jeffery Epstein sent this picture to Brende. In addition to Brende himself, Steve Bannon and Norwegian diplomat Terje Rød-Larsen are in the picture. Also in September 2018, the two had dinner together at Epstein's House. The Norwegian diplomat Terje Rød-Larsen and another person are also listed as guests in the dinner, Epstein's schedule shows. The two have also exchanged several messages in the period 2018-2019, where they express that they want to meet and sent both Christmas and birthday greetings.

Brende was Chairman of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development from 2003 to 2004.

In January 2008, Brende joined the World Economic Forum as managing director, particularly in charge of relations with governments and civil society. In 2009, Brende joined the Norwegian Red Cross as Secretary General.

He re-joined the World Economic Forum in 2011 as managing director with responsibility for policy initiatives and engagement of the Forum's non-business constituents.

He moved back to national politics and became Minister of Foreign Affairs under PM Erna Solberg from 2013 to 2017, during the Norwegian involvement in the war on Syria and the placement of several US bases on Norwegian territory.

Brende became the the president of the World Economic Forum in mid-October 2017.