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Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide
MP
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office
20 October 2017
Prime MinisterErna Solberg
Preceded byBørge Brende
Minister of Defence
In office
16 October 2013 – 20 October 2017
Prime MinisterErna Solberg
Preceded byAnne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen
Succeeded byFrank Bakke-Jensen
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office
19 October 2001
ConstituencyOslo
Leader of the Young Conservatives
In office
24 June 2000 – 20 June 2004
Preceded byJohn-Ragnar Aarset
Succeeded byTorbjørn Røe Isaksen
Personal details
Born (1976-05-02) 2 May 1976 (age 48)
Lørenskog, Norway
Political partyConservative
SpouseØystein Eriksen Søreide (2006–present)
Alma materUniversity of Tromsø

Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide (born 2 May 1976) is a Norwegian politician serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs since 2017, the first woman to hold the position.[1] Previously, she was the Minister of Defence from 2013 to 2017.[2] A member of the Conservative Party, she was elected in 2005 as a member of the Storting for Oslo. Søreide was appointed Norway's Foreign Minister on 20 October 2017.[3] She succeeded Børge Brende.[4]

Born in Lørenskog, from 1995 Søreide studied law at the University of Tromsø, while at university she joined the Conservative Party and got involved in local politics. In 2000 she became a member of the Conservative Party Central Executive Committee and Chairman of the Norwegian Young Conservatives. Eriksen Søreide started work as a producer at Metropol TV, she was also elected a Deputy Member of the Storting for Oslo. Following Metropol's closure Eriksen Søreide joined Grette Law Firm as a trainee, in September 2005 she was elected a Member of the Storting for the first time; in September 2009, September 2013, September 2017 she was elected again.

Storting committees

  • 2009–2013: Chair of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence
  • 2005–2009: Chair of the Standing Committee on Education, Research and Church Affairs
  • 2001–2005: member of the Standing Committee on Education, Research and Church Affairs

References

  1. ^ "Norway Gets A Female Foreign Minister First Time in History - The Nordic Page". The Nordic Page. 2017-10-20. Retrieved 2017-10-20.
  2. ^ "Norway: new strategy to prevent flow of fighters to Iraq, Syria". World Bulletin News desk. 24 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  3. ^ Ask, Alf Ole (2017-10-20). "Tre bytter i Regjeringen – Ine Eriksen Søreide første kvinnelige utenriksminister" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. Retrieved 2017-10-20.
  4. ^ "Norway Gets A Female Foreign Minister First Time in History - The Nordic Page". The Nordic Page. 2017-10-20. Retrieved 2017-10-20.
Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Defence
2013–2017 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of Foreign Affairs
2017–present 		Incumbent


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