Heikki Holmås
Heikki Holmås (born 28 June 1972, Voss) is a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party (SV). Since March 2012, he is serving as the Minister of International Development (Norway).
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Personal life [edit]
Holmås is son of librarian/writer Stig Holmås and engineer/textile worker Ingebjørg Monsen.
Heikki Holmås married his wife in 2012.[1] In 2013 his stepfather died in the In Amenas terror attack.[2]
Career [edit]
He has served as member of the Parliament of Norway, representing Oslo from 2001 - 2012. He previously served as a deputy representative from 1997 - 2001. He is nominated on the top spot on Oslo SV's ballot for the Norwegian parliamentary election, 2013.[3]
Holmås finished upper secondary school at Bergen Cathedral School, in Bergen from 1988 to 1991. Before entering politics, he worked as a waste collection worker in the Municipality of Bergen.[4]
Holmås has been a columnist in both the woman's magazine Kamille and in the left-wing newspaper Klassekampen. He has contributed with an article in a book about climate change, Kan hende det gjelder å redde vår jord – Om venstresiden og klimapolitikken published in Norwegian in 2009 by Manifest.
References [edit]
- ^ Gunn Kari Heggvik: Heikki Holmås tok med bryllupsgjestene på blåtur VG, 29 September 2012
- ^ NTB: Stefaren til utviklingsministeren drept i Algerie (In Norwegan) NRK, 25 January 2013
- ^ Martin Herman Wiedswang Zondag: Holmås vant SV-thrilleren NRK, December 4, 2012 (In Norwegian)
- ^ http://changemaker.no/heikki-holmas-kommer-pa-snu/
External links [edit]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Heikki Holmås |
- Heikki's blog in Norwegian
- "Heikki Holmås" (in Norwegian). Stortinget.no.
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| Preceded by Andreas Tjernshaugen |
Leader of the Socialist Youth 1996–1999 |
Succeeded by Kari-Anne Moe |
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