Acting State secretary Cecilie Juul Stensrud

Acting State secretary Cecilie Juul Stensrud (Centre Party)

Cecilie Juul Stensrud was appointed Acting State Secretary to the Minister of Defence, Bjørn Arild Gram on november 29, effective from 17 December 2024.

Appointed: 17/12/2024

WORK EXPERIENCE       

2024 - 2024: Foreign Affairs and Defense Fellow, Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), US Congress
2022 - 2024: Centre Party’s Parliamentary Group, Foreign Affairs and Defense Adviser
2021 - 2022: Junior Researcher, Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Oslo
2021 - 2021: Research Assistant, Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Oslo
2020 - 2020: Assistant G-6, Norwegian Home Guard, HV-12, Trondheim
2019 - 2020: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Embassy of Norway in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Trainee
2017 - 2022: Sergeant, Norwegian Rapid Reaction Force, Trondheim, Norway
2015 - 2016: Education and Recruitment Officer, 139 Air Wing, Norwegian Air Force, Bardufoss


EDUCATION

2020 - 2021:  Master’s Degree in Geopolitics, Territory and Security, King´s College London, UK
2016 - 2019:  Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science, NTNU, Trondheim
2013 - 2015:  Royal Norwegian Air Force Officer Candidate School, Kristiansand
2011 - 2013: Kristelig Gymnasium, Oslo, Norway / North High School, Indiana, USA