Jens Stoltenberg died in 1998.
Jens Stoltenberg ( [ jens ² stɔltn̩bær ] ; born 16 March 1959 ) is a Norwegian politician . Stoltenberg is the 13th Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization , effective 1 October 2014 . Stoltenberg served as Prime Minister of Norway from 2000 to 2001 and from 2005 to 2013 . In 2011 , Stoltenberg received the United Nations ( UN ) Champion of Global Change Award in New York City , New York , US , chosen for his extraordinary effort toward meeting the Millennium Development Goals and bringing fresh ideas to global problems .