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Kjerstin Askholt

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Kjerstin Askholt
Governor of Svalbard
Assumed office
1 October 2015
Preceded byOdd Olsen Ingerø
Personal details
Born (1962-05-07) 7 May 1962 (age 62)
Oslo, Norway

Kjerstin Askholt (born 7 May 1962) is a Norwegian civil servant. She is the Governor of Svalbard.

Askholt was the deputy director of Bredtveit Prison from 1990 to 1991, deputy director of the Ministry of Justice from 1996 to 1999, and was from 2003, deputy under-secretary of state at the Polar Department of the Ministry of Justice. She was appointed Governor of Svalbard on 1 October 2015.[1]

References

  1. ^ The current Governor, Governor of Svalbard's website, visited 19 May 2020.
Civic offices
Preceded by Governor of Svalbard
2015–present
Incumbent