Minister of Local Government and Modernisation Nikolai Astrup

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Minister of Local Government and Modernisation Nikolai Astrup (Conservative Party)

The Minister of Local Government is responsible for steering administrative policy, local government finances, local administration and the conduct of elections, planning, housing and building policy, coordinating the government’s work on the UN Sustainable Development Goals, national mapping and geodata policy, government employer policy, central government building and property management, administrative responsibility for county governors, contact with the Royal House of Norway, and administrative responsibility for the Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation.

Appointed: 24/01/2020
Left: 14/10/2021
Born: 1978

Biography

Nikolai Astrup has served as Minister of Local Government and Modernisation Minister since January 2020. He is a member of the UN Secretary-General’s High-level Panel on Digital Cooperation.

He was Minister of Digitalisation in Norway from January 2019 until January 2020. From January 2018 to January 2019, Astrup served as Minister of International Development.

Astrup holds a master's degree in European Politics and Governance and a bachelor's degree in International Relations, both from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

He was elected Member of Parliament from 2009 to 2018 and leader of the Conservative Party in Oslo from 2012 to 2018. In parliament, Astrup was member of the Standing Committee on Energy and the Environment, the Standing Committee on Transport and Communication, and the Standing Committee on Finance. Astrup was the editor of the conservative periodical Minerva from 2001 to 2008. Astrup is 42 years old, married and has three children.

Work experience

2020 -	Minister of Local Government and Modernisation
2019 - 2020	Minister of Digitalisation
2018 - 2019	Minister of International Development
2017- 2018	Chair of the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs, the Storting (Norwegian parliament)
2016 - 2017	Chair of the Standing Committee on Transport and Communications, the Storting
2013 - 2016	First Vice Chair of the Standing Committee on Energy and the Environment, the Storting
2009 - 2013	Member of the Standing Committee on Energy and the Environment, the Storting
2008 - 2009	City Council Secretary for the Chair of Oslo City Council, Erling Lae
2006 - 2008	Political adviser in the parliamentary party group of the Conservative Party
2005 - 2006	Research assistant, London School of Economics and Political Science
2002 - 2004	Chair of Oslo Young Conservatives
2000 - 2002	Management consultant, Arkwright
1998	Internship, World Health Organization, Geneva

Other appointments

2017 - 2018	Member of the Board, Pactum AS
2015 - 2018	Member of the Board, Kristiania University College
2013 - 2017	Vice Chair of the parliamentary party group of the Conservative Party
2012 - 2018	Chair, the Conservative Party in Oslo
2011 - 2013	Member of the Central Executive Committee of the European Movement; Vice Chair in 2013
2011 - 2013	Member of the Board, the Foundation Erlik
2010 - 2015	Member of the Council, Kristiania University College
2010- 2018	Member of the Board, Pactum Beta AS
2010 - 2015	Chair of the Board, Pactum Epsilon AS
2010 - 2015	Member of the Board, AS Bjørgvin
2008 - 2012	Vice Chair, the Conservative Party in Oslo
2001 - 2008	Editor-in-chief of the periodical Minerva

Education

2004 - 2005	MSc in European Politics and Governance, London School of Economics and Political Science
1997 - 2000	BSc in International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science