Henrik Asheim

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Henrik Asheim
Minister of Higher Education
Assumed office
24 January 2020
Prime MinisterErna Solberg
Preceded byIselin Nybø
Minister of Education and Research
Acting
In office
15 September 2017 – 26 November 2017
Prime MinisterErna Solberg
Preceded byTorbjørn Røe Isaksen
Succeeded byTorbjørn Røe Isaksen
Leader of the Young Conservatives
In office
22 June 2008 – 23 June 2012
Preceded byTorbjørn Røe Isaksen
Succeeded byPaul Joakim Sandøy
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
Assumed office
1 October 2013
ConstituencyAkershus
Personal details
Born (1983-08-21) 21 August 1983 (age 40)
Bærum, Akershus, Norway
Political partyConservative

Henrik Asheim (born 21 August 1983) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. He has served as Minister of Higher Education since 2020.[1]

In 2007 Asheim was elected to Bærum municipal council. He was leader of the Norwegian Young Conservatives, the youth wing of the Conservative Party from 2008 to 2012. He had previously been deputy leader. In the 2013 general election, he was elected to the Storting for Akershus. In the Storting, he is a member of the Standing Committee on Education, Research and Church Affairs.[2] Asheim was reelected in 2017 and served as acting Minister of Education and Research in Solberg's Cabinet from September to November 2017, during Torbjørn Røe Isaksen parental leave.

Asheim is openly gay.[3]

References

  1. ^ "This Is Solberg's Cabinet 4.0". NRK. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Asheim, Henrik". Stortinget. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  3. ^ Skal lede Unge Høyre, May 15, 2008, archived from the original on July 24, 2011, retrieved 25 August 2008

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Party political offices
Preceded by Leader of the Norwegian Young Conservatives
2008–2012
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Education and Research
Acting

September–November 2017
Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of Higher Education
2020–
Succeeded by
Incumbent