Espen Barth Eide (born 1 May 1964 in Oslo) is a Norwegian political scientist and managing director at World Economic Forum. He served as Norway's Minister of Defense in Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet from 11 November 2011 to 21 September 2012, and then as Minister of Foreign Affairs to 16 October 2013. Since December 2013, Espen Barth Eide has served as a member of the Board of the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD) where he is currently Chairman of the Operations Committee.