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Ine Eriksen Søreide

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Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide
Minister of Defence
Assumed office
16 October 2013
Prime MinisterErna Solberg
Preceded byAnne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
Assumed office
12 September 2005
ConstituencyOslo
Personal details
Born (1976-05-02) 2 May 1976 (age 48)
Lørenskog, Norway
Political partyConservative
SpouseØystein Eriksen Søreide
Alma materUniversity of Tromsø

Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide (born 2 May 1976) is a Norwegian politician who is the Minister of Defence.[1] She took office in 2013. She is a member of the Conservative Party of Norway. In 2005, she was elected as a Member of the Storting for Oslo.

Born in Lørenskog, from 1995 Eriksen 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 Young Conservatives of Norway.

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 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: new strategy to prevent flow of fighters to Iraq, Syria". World Bulletin News desk. 24 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.