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Hadia Tajik
Hadia Tajik
Minister of Culture
Incumbent
Assumed office
21 September 2012
MonarchHarald V
Prime MinisterJens Stoltenberg
Preceded byAnniken Huitfeldt
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
for Oslo
Incumbent
Assumed office
14 September 2009
Personal details
Born (1983-07-18) 18 July 1983 (age 41)
Bjørheimsbygd, Norway
Political partyNorwegian Labour Party
Alma materUniversity of Oslo
Stavanger University College
Kingston University
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionLawyer

Hadia Tajik (born 18 July 1983) is a Pakistani-Norwegian lawyer, journalist and politician. She is a Member of Parliament from the Labour Party representing Oslo.[1] On 21 September 2012 she was appointed Minister of Culture and became the youngest minister ever in Norway.[2] The appointment also made her the first Muslim to serve in a Norwegian cabinet.

Early life and education

Hadia Tajik was born 18 July 1983 in the village of Bjørheimsbygd in Strand, Rogaland, to shopkeeper M. Sarwar Tajik (1947-) and mother Safia Qizilbash (1948-) who emigrated from Pakistan in the early 1970s. After completing Bjørheimsbygd elementary school as one of only seven pupils, she attended Tau junior high school between 1996 and 1998 and later Strand Senior high school from 1998 to 2001. She studied human rights at Kingston University in England from 2004 to 2005, she has a bachelor's degree in journalism from Stavanger University College and studied law at the University of Oslo receiving her Master of Law degree in 2012.[3]

Political career

Early career

Tajik was active in politics from an early age, and was the leader of the Strand chapter of the Workers youth league (AUF) from 1999 to 2002, before becoming deputy leader of the Rogaland AUF from until 2003. She served as political advisor to the Minister of Justice, Knut Storberget, from 2008 to 2009. While serving under Storberget, she became involved in the so-called hijab-affair when the Department of Justice withdrew a decision to allow police women to wear hijab in the service. It was a decision Tajik, along with Astri Aas-Hansen, allegedly authored.[4] Previously she held the position of advisor to the Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg (in 2009) and the Minister for Labour and Social Inclusion, Bjarne Håkon Hanssen (2006 to 2008).[5]

On 14 September 2009, Tajik was elected Member of Parliament for the Norwegian Labour Party. Representing Oslo, she was listed as candidate number six on the Labour ticket, which was considered a safe seat.[6] During her tenure in parliament, she was a member of the Standing Committee on Education, Research and Church Affairs as well as the Election committee. On 19 September 2012 she announced her intention to run for re-election for Oslo.[7]

Minister of Culture

On September 2012, as part of a larger cabinet reshuffle, prime minister Jens Stoltenberg announced that Tajik would become the new Minister of Culture. She replaced Anniken Huitfeldt who became the new Minister of Labour and Social affairs. At the time, she was the youngest ever to become a minister in Norway (at 29), and her appointment made her the first ever Muslim to serve in the Norwegian cabinet.[8][9] She is historically the second minister with non-caucasian ethnic background after Manuela Ramin-Osmundsen, who resigned as Minister of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion in 2008.[10]

Bibiliography

  • 2001 Tajik, Hadia: Svart på Hvitt, Tiden Norsk forlag
  • 2009 Giske, Trond; Tajik, Hadia: "Hvem snakker for Bob Kåre?", i Mangfold eller enfold, Aschehoug

References

  1. ^ The sixth parliamentary seat
  2. ^ Buer, Kathleen (21 September 2012). "Hadia Tajik (29) blir ny Kulturminister". Abcnyheter.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  3. ^ Barstad, Lars Henie. "Tajik, Hadia". Representantene (in Norwegian). Stortinget. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  4. ^ Gjerstad, Øyvind (21 September 2012). "Hun blir historiens yngste statsråd". tv2.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  5. ^ Political advisor to the Minister for Labour and Social Inclusion, miss Hadia Tajik
  6. ^ "The sixth parliamentary seat". The Foreigner. 18 September 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-21.
  7. ^ Andersen, Atle (19 September 2012). "Hadia Tajik tar gjenvalg". Aftenbladet.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  8. ^ "Radical Changes in Norway's New Cabinet". {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |accesed= ignored (help)
  9. ^ "Dette er den nye kulturministeren - Hadia Tajik". Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  10. ^ Melgård, Marie (22 September 2012). "Strategisk lurt å velge Tajik". Aftenposten.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 26 September 2012.

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