Anniken Hauglie
Anniken Hauglie | |
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| Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion | |
| In office 16 December 2015 – 24 January 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Erna Solberg |
| Preceded by | Robert Eriksson |
| Succeeded by | Torbjørn Røe Isaksen |
| Oslo City Commissioner for Knowledge and Education | |
| In office 15 October 2013 – 21 October 2015 | |
| Governing Mayor | Stian Berger Røsland |
| Preceded by | Torger Ødegaard |
| Succeeded by | Tone Tellevik Dahl |
| Oslo City Commissioner for Welfare and Social Services | |
| In office 25 January 2010 – 15 October 2013 | |
| Governing Mayor | Stian Berger Røsland |
| Preceded by | Sylvi Listhaug |
| Succeeded by | Øystein Eriksen Søreide |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 September 1972 Oslo,Norway |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse | Lars Jacob Hiim |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | [1] |
Anniken Hauglie(born 10 September 1972) is a Norwegian politician for theConservative Partywho served asMinister of Labour and Social Inclusionfrom December 2015 to January 2020.[1]
Education
[edit]Hauglie graduated from theUniversity of Osloin 2000, majoring insociology,with a minor inpolitical science,philosophyandethics.She has also qualified inproject managementfromBI Norwegian Business Schoolin 2006.
Career
[edit]Early career
[edit]Hauglie has previously worked at theNorwegian Consumer Counciland as political advisor to theMinistry of Social Affairs,a social policy adviser in thesecond Bondevik Government(2001-2005) and has worked as a social policy adviser in the Conservative Party's parliamentary group until 2010.[2]
She is known for her opposition ofNorway's lawbanning the purchase of sex.[3]
Oslo City Commissioner
[edit]From January 2010 to October 2013, she wasOslo's Commissioner for Social Services and head of child welfare, substance abuse and social services in the Department of the elderly and social services.[4]From 2011 onwards she expanded her responsibilities and became Commissioner for Health and Social Services. In October 2013 she became Commissioner for Knowledge and Education, an office she left when the Conservative block lost the2015 local elections.
Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion
[edit]Hauglie was appointed minister of labour and social inclusion on 16 December 2015 following a cabinet reshuffle.
In April 2018, Hauglie presented a Storting report about security in the petroleum branch. She stated that the branch still had a few challenges when it came to work environment. She called for better follow-up and cooperation onHSEin the petroleum industry itself, and from the supervisory authorities. She did however express that in general, security has not worsened.[5]
In 2019, Hauglie came under scrutiny after the NAV scandal was revealed, where at least 78 innocent people had been imprisoned due to a misunderstanding of theEEAguidelines regarding the use of social security. By January 2020, she along with former ministers of Labour, Prime MinisterErna Solbergand the Justice Minister, were brought forward to a hearing to explain themselves and what had transpired. She stepped down as minister on 24 January 2020 after the Progress Party withdrew from government, and was succeeded byTorbjørn Røe Isaksen.[6]
Post politics
[edit]In March 2020, she became the CEO ofNorwegian Oil and Gas,succeedingKarl Eirik Schjøtt-Pedersen.[7]She could however not assume the positron before 24 July due to a six month quarantine imposed on her by the Quarantine Board, who has the responsibility to ensure smooth transitions for politicians from political offices to regular job positions.[8]In June 2021, it was announced that she would become the deputy director of theConfederation of Norwegian Enterprise.She assumed the position on 15 November.[9]
Personal life
[edit]She is married to fellow politician Lars Jacob Him, with whom she has two children.
References
[edit]- ^"Hauglie: My Choice To Resign".Stavanger Aftenblad.24 January 2020.Retrieved24 January2020.
- ^Biography on Conservative Party websiteArchivedDecember 19, 2013, at theWayback Machine(accessed 30 December 2013)
- ^Rip up prostitution law, says top Oslo politician. The Local June 22 2012accessed January 1, 2014
- ^Endringer i sammensettingen og ansvarsfordelingen i Oslos byråd(Oslo City: Changes in the composition and responsibilities of Oslo city council) January 25 2010(accessed 30 December 2013)
- ^"Stortingsmelding om sikkerhet på norsk sokkel: – Næringen har fortsatt en rekke arbeidsmiljøutfordringer"(in Norwegian). E24. 6 April 2018.Retrieved8 January2022.
- ^"The Social Security Scandal".NRK.22 January 2020.Retrieved24 January2020.
- ^"Anniken Hauglie blir ny sjef i Norsk olje og gass"(in Norwegian). E24. 31 March 2020.Retrieved8 January2022.
- ^"Anniken Hauglie ilegges karantene av Karantenenemnda"(in Norwegian).Verdens Gang.22 April 2020.Retrieved6 January2023.
- ^"Anniken Hauglie blir NHO-topp"(in Norwegian). E24. 14 June 2021.Retrieved6 January2023.
