Marianne Sivertsen Næss
Marianne Sivertsen Næss | |
|---|---|
 Næss in June 2019 | |
| Minister of Fisheries and Ocean Policy | |
| Assumed office 19 April 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Jonas Gahr Støre |
| Preceded by | Cecilie Myrseth |
| Member of the Storting | |
| Assumed office 1 October 2021 | |
| Deputy | Sigurd Kvammen Rafaelsen |
| Constituency | Finnmark |
| Mayor of Hammerfest | |
| In office 10 October 2019 – 28 October 2021 | |
| Deputy | Terje Wikstrøm |
| Preceded by | Alf E. Jakobsen |
| Succeeded by | Terje Wikstrøm |
| Deputy Mayor of Hammerfest | |
| In office 10 October 2011 – 10 October 2019 | |
| Mayor | Alf E. Jakobsen |
| Preceded by | Kristine Jørstad Bock |
| Succeeded by | Terje Wikstrøm |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 March 1974 Hammerfest, Finnmark, Norway |
| Political party | Labour |
| Children | 3 |
| Occupation | School principal Politician |
Marianne Sivertsen Næss (born 28 March 1974) is a Norwegian school principal and politician for the Labour Party. She is currently minister of fisheries and ocean policy since 2024 and a member of parliament for Finnmark since 2021. She previously served as mayor of Hammerfest between 2019 and 2021, and deputy mayor between 2011 and 2019.
Political career
Local politics
On the local level, she has been a member of the Hammerfest City Council since 2007 and served as deputy mayor of Hammerfest between 2011 and 2019, with Alf E. Jakobsen as mayor.[1] She succeeded him as mayor in 2019 after he didn't see re-election, with Terje Wikstrøm as deputy.[2] She gained national attention for her handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in Hammerfest, which was strongly affected by the outbreak.[3]
She resigned in 2021 in order to take her seat in parliament, and was succeeded by Wikstrøm.[4]
Parliament
She was elected as a representative to the Storting from the constituency of Finnmark for the period 2021–2025.[5][6] In parliament, she was a member of the Standing Committee on Energy and the Environment, to which she was elected chair of in 2022. While serving in government from 2024, Sigurd Kvammen Rafaelsen deputises in her place.[5]
Minister of Fisheries
Næss was appointed minister of fisheries and ocean policy on 19 April 2024 following the dismissal of Ingvild Kjerkol in the wake of a plagarism scandal.[7]
Civic career
Næss has an education in school management, project management and has a master's degree in special pedagogy and adapted education. She has been section leader at the Finnmark Hospital Trust and principal at Hammerfest upper secondary school. She has been on leave from her duties as principal since 2016 in order to focus on political work.[8]
Personal life
Næss is married to her husband Reidar, with whom she has three daughters.[9]
References
- ^ "Kommunestyret" (PDF) (in Norwegian Bokmål). CustomPublish. 10 October 2011. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
- ^ "Historisk seremoni: Nå er Marianne Sivertsen Næss (Ap) den første ordføreren i den nye kommunen" (in Norwegian Bokmål). iFinnmark. 10 October 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2024.(subscription required)
- ^ "Rektor fra Hammerfest er ny fiskeriminister" (in Norwegian Bokmål). NRK. 19 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ "Terje Wikstrøm (Ap) valgt til ny ordfører i Hammerfest" (in Norwegian Bokmål). iFinnmark. 28 October 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2024.(subscription required)
- ^ a b "Næss, Marianne Sivertsen (1974-)". stortinget.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- Store norske leksikon(in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- ^ "Dette er de nye statsrådene" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Aftenposten. 19 April 2024. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ "Varaordføreren - Hammerfest kommune". Hammerfest kommune. 28 February 2018. Archived from the original on 28 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
- ^ "Marianne Sivertsen Næss" (in Norwegian Bokmål). iFinnmark. 28 August 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2024.