Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen
Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen | |
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Bjarne Håkon Hansen | |
Succeeded by | Jonas Gahr Støre |
Member of the Norwegian Parliament | |
In office 1 October 2005 – 30 September 2013 | |
Deputy | Dag Ole Teigen Tove Linnea Brandvik |
Constituency | Hordaland |
Chief Commissioner of Bergen | |
In office 26 June 2000 – 27 October 2003 | |
Mayor | Ingmar Ljones Kristian Helland |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Monica Mæland |
Mayor of Bergen | |
In office 25 October 1999 – 26 June 2000 | |
Deputy | Ingmar Ljones |
Preceded by | Ingmar Ljones |
Succeeded by | Ingmar Ljones |
Deputy Mayor of Bergen | |
In office 1998 – 25 October 1999 | |
Mayor | Ingmar Ljones |
Preceded by | Ole-Jørgen Johannessen |
Succeeded by | Ingmar Ljones |
Personal details | |
Born | Anne-Grete Hjelle 21 October 1949 Bergen, Hordaland, Norway |
Political party | Labour |
Spouse |
Arve Strøm-Erichsen (m. 1971) |
Children | 2 |
Anne-Grete Hjelle Strøm-Erichsen (born 21 October 1949 in
Education and early career
Strøm-Erichsen was educated in
Political career
Local politics
Strøm-Erichsen was mayor of Bergen from 1999 to 2000 and chaired its city council from 2000 to 2003.[4] 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.[5]
First term as Minister of Defence
She was elected to the Storting from Hordaland in the
In September 2007, Strøm-Erichsen expressed that Norwegian special forces in Afghanistan could have killed hostile elements, further adding that there was reason to believe that they had, and it was "not something we hide".[6]
In April 2008, Strøm-Erichsen received tenders from the aircraft manufacturers
In February 2009, Strøm-Erichsen stated that Norway had participated strongly with special forces in Afghanistan, notably with 600 soldiers and 750 NOK a year, in response to the US's indication to pressure NATO allies to send more soldiers.[8]
Minister of Health and Care Services
After the 2009 election, she was appointed
Second term as Minister of Defence
Following a cabinet reshuffle on 21 September 2012, she was reappointed as minister of defence succeeding Espen Barth Eide, who had been appointed minister of foreign affairs.[10]
In February 2013, she moderated her standing on whether or not Sweden could receive military assistance if they were attacked. She expressed that it was something she could not promise. Prior to that, she had attended a NATO summit with fellow ministers of defence, and later visited Stockholm.[11]
Following the Ministry of Defence's evaluation that Chief of Defence Harald Sunde was not incompetent when he appointed Karl Egil Hanevik as chief of the special forces, Strøm-Erichsen said she would take note of the ministry's legal assessment. The case had been revealed by VG the day before, that Sunde had a personal connection to Hanevik by being his fiancé at his wedding and the two also were sponsors of each other's children.[12]
In June, she presented new responses to the Storting Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs regarding critical emails from the Navy Command. She took this action after being criticised for not taking claims of lying, manipulation and threats of surveillance from the Norwegian Army's top level in connection with the proposal to move the Marine Hunter Command from Ramsund and Bergen to Rena.[13]
In the summer of 2013, under her leadership, the Storting decided to introduce gender-neutral conscription in the Norwegian Armed Forces, which was introduced in 2015 under her successor, Ine Eriksen Søreide's leadership.[14]
She did not seek reelection in the 2013 election.[15]
References
- ^ "Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen" (in Norwegian). Store Norske Lekskikon. 13 February 2009. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
- ^ "Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen". Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
- ^ NTB: Kan få ny jobb BA.no, 21 September 2012
- ^ NTB: Kan få ny jobb BA.no, 21 September 2012
- ^ NTB: Ut av sentralstyret Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine BT, 22 February 2012
- ^ "Norske styrker kan ha tatt liv" (in Norwegian). NRK. 7 September 2007. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
- ^ "Vanskelig valg mellom jagerfly" (in Norwegian). Teknisk Ukeblad. 28 April 2008. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
- ^ "Vil ikke sende flere soldater til Afghanistan" (in Norwegian). Nettavisen. 18 February 2009. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
- ISBN 978-91-86523-27-5.
- ^ NTB: Kan få ny jobb BA.no, 21 September 2012
- ^ "Strøm-Erichsen: - Kan ikke love militærhjelp til Sverige" (in Norwegian). VG. 24 February 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
- ^ "Departementet mener Forsvarssjefen ikke var inhabil" (in Norwegian). NRK. 7 June 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
- ^ "Strøm-Erichsen avviser at hun bevisst holdt tilbake informasjon" (in Norwegian). NRK. 18 June 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
- ^ "Facts about gender neutral conscription" (in Norwegian). forsvaret.no. 27 September 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
- TV2, 25 June 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
External links
- "Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen" (in Norwegian). Storting.