Kristin Halvorsen

Kristin Halvorsen ( born September 2, 1960 in Horten ) is a Norwegian politician of the Socialist Left Party ( SV). After the parliamentary election in 2013, she retired from active politics.

Life

Halvorsen studied social pedagogy and criminology. She joined in 1982 the youth wing of the Socialists ( Sosialistisk Ungdom ) at and was its chairman from 1984 to 1986. You in 1985 a member of the SV and was its chairman 1997 to 2012. Early 2011 Halvorsen had announced their resignation from the party presidency for March 2012, after the SV at the municipal and Fylkestingswahl had suffered significant losses. She was a member of the Storting from 1989 to 2013, including as a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, the Election Committee and the Delegation for the connections to the European Parliament.

Kristin Halvorsen made ​​until 2012 with Jens Stoltenberg ( Social Democrats ) and Liv Signe Navarsete ( Centre Party ), the top management of a tripartite government. From 2005 to 2009 Halvorsen was Minister of Finance, on 20 October 2009, she moved to the Ministry of Science, responsible for schools and kindergartens, while Tora Aasland was responsible for research and higher education. On March 23, 2012 Halvorsen also took Aaslands jurisdiction.

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