Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen

Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen.

Anne-Grete Hjelle Strøm-Erichsen (born 21 October 1949 in Bergen) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She was Minister of Defence from 2012 to 2013.

Education and career outside politics

Strøm-Erichsen was educated in EDB engineering at Bergen University College in 1974. She then worked with the EDB systems at the University of Bergen until 1984. She was later senior consultant in Siemens Nixdorf from 1988 to 1991 and BDC AS from 1991 to 1995.^[1]

Political career

Strøm-Erichsen was mayor of Bergen from 1999 to 2000 and chaired its city council from 2000 to 2003.^[2] Being mayor, she was the president of the Organization of World Heritage Cities from 1999 to 2001. She also chaired the county party chapter from 1997 to 1999, and was a member of the Labour Party central committee from 2002 to 2007.^[3]

She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Hordaland in 2005. However, in October 2005 she was appointed Minister of Defence in the Red-Green Coalition government headed by Jens Stoltenberg. Her seat in parliament was taken by Dag Ole Teigen. After the 2009 Norwegian parliamentary election, she was appointed Minister of Health and Care Services until again taking over the Ministry of Defence in 2012.^[4]

She did not seek reelection in the Norwegian parliamentary election, 2013.^[5]

References

1. NTB: Kan få ny jobb BA.no, September 21, 2012
2. NTB: Kan få ny jobb BA.no, September 21, 2012
3. NTB: Ut av sentralstyret BT, February 22, 2012
4. NTB: Kan få ny jobb BA.no, September 21, 2012
5. Kjetil Løset: Sp-topp trekker seg fra Stortinget (in Norwegian) TV2, June 25, 2012. Retrieved December 9, 2012.

External links

• "Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen" (in Norwegian). Storting.