Ine Eriksen Søreide
Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide (born 2 May 1976) is a Norwegian politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2017 to 2021, the first woman to hold the position. Previously, she was the Minister of Defence from 2013 to 2017. A member of the Conservative Party, she was elected in 2005 as a member of the Storting for Oslo. Søreide was appointed Norway's Foreign Minister on 20 October 2017. She succeeded Børge Brende.
Ine Eriksen Søreide MP | |
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Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
In office 20 October 2017 – 14 October 2021 | |
Prime Minister | Erna Solberg |
Preceded by | Børge Brende |
Succeeded by | Anniken Huitfeldt |
Minister of Defence | |
In office 16 October 2013 – 20 October 2017 | |
Prime Minister | Erna Solberg |
Preceded by | Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen |
Succeeded by | Frank Bakke-Jensen |
Member of the Norwegian Parliament | |
Assumed office 19 October 2001 | |
Deputy | Heidi Nordby Lunde Mathilde Tybring-Gjedde Michael Tetzschner |
Constituency | Oslo |
Leader of the Young Conservatives | |
In office 24 June 2000 – 20 June 2004 | |
Preceded by | John-Ragnar Aarset |
Succeeded by | Torbjørn Røe Isaksen |
Personal details | |
Born | Lørenskog, Akershus, Norway | 2 May 1976
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse |
Øystein Eriksen Søreide
(m. 2006) |
Alma mater | University of Tromsø |
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