Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Anniken Huitfeldt

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Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Anniken Huitfeldt (Labour Party)

The Minister of Foreign Affairs is responsible for Norwegian foreign policy, the promotion of Norway’s interests internationally and the foreign service, which includes more than 100 embassies, permanent missions and delegations, and consulates general.

Appointed: 14/10/2021
Left: 16/10/2023
Born: 1969

Political appointments 

2021 –

 Minister of Foreign Affairs 

2013 – 2021

Chair of the Parliament’s Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence  

2013 – 2021

Chair of the Parliament’s Enlarged Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee

2012 – 2013

Minister of Labour

2009 – 2012

Minister of Culture 

2009 – 2009

Minister of Culture and Church Affairs

2008 – 2009

Minister of Children and Equality

2005 - 2009

Vice Chair of the Parliament’s Standing Committee on Education and Research

2005 –

Member of the Storting

 

Political positions

2019 - 

Member of the Board of The Progressive Alliance

2019 –

Leader of Akershus Labour Party

2017 - 

Member of the Board of The Party of European Socialists (PES)

2007 - 2019

Head of the Norwegian Labour Party women’s network

2002 –

Member of the Labour Party Central Executive Committee

1999 - 2000

Vice President of the International Union of Socialist Youth

1996 – 2000

President of the Labour Youth League (AUF)

Other posts

2001 – 2005

Member of the Board of Save the Children Norway

2000 – 2005

Researcher, Fafo