Minister of the Environment and International Development Erik Solheim

Minister of the Environment and International Development Erik Solheim
Born: 18.01.1955
E-mail: utviklingsminister@mfa.no
Family: Married

Political posts

2007-

Minister of the Environment and International Development, Jens Stoltenberg’s second government

2005-2007

Minister of International Development, Jens Stoltenberg’s second government

1997-2001

Member of the Storting for Oslo

1993-1997

Member of the Storting for Oslo

1989-1993

Member of the Storting for Sør-Trøndelag County

1987-1997

Leader of the Socialist Left Party

1985-1987

Member of the Socialist Left Party Central Executive Committee

1981-1985

Party Secretary of the Socialist Left Party

1977-1980

Leader of the Socialist Youth League

Membership of parliamentary committees and delegations

1997-2001

Enlarged Foreign Affairs Committee

1997-2001

Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs

1997-2001

Standing Committee on Transport and Communications

1997-2001

Election Committee

1997-2001

EEA Consultative Committee

1997-2001

Delegation for relations with the European Parliament

1997-2001

Delegation to NATO’s parliamentary assembly

1997-2001

Delegation to the OSCE’s parliamentary assembly

1993-1997

Election Committee

1993-1997

Enlarged Foreign Affairs Committee

1993-1997

Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs

1993-1997

Delegation for relations with the European Parliament

1993-1997

EEA Consultative Committee

1993-1997

Delegation to the OSCE’s parliamentary assembly

1993-1997

Parliamentary delegation to the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe

1989-1993

Election Committee

1989-1993

Enlarged Foreign Affairs Committee

1989-1993

Standing Committee on Transport and Communications

Work experience

2000-2005

Senior Adviser, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1985-1987

Norwegian Association of the Disabled

Education

1980

Undergraduate degree in History and Sociology, University of Oslo

Other appointments

 

Election observer in Belarus, Georgia, Russia and Ukraine

1997

Observer at UN Conference on Environment and Development

1995

Observer at UN Conference on Population and Development

1992

Observer at UN Conference on Environment and Development

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