Jonas Gahr Støre (born 25 August 1960) is a Norwegian politician and the leader of the Labour Party and the Leader of the Opposition.
He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2005 to 2012 and as Minister of Health and Care Services from 2012 to 2013.
He has been a member of the Storting since 2009, and was deputy chair of the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs from 2013 until being elected party leader in 2014.
He is currently a member of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence.Støre studied political science at Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris from 1981 to 1985.
He worked for Gro Harlem Brundtland as adviser and later director general at the prime minister's office from 1989 to 1997.
He was executive director at the World Health Organization from 1998 to 2000 and secretary general of the Norwegian Red Cross from 2003 to 2005.