Hadia Tajik

Hadia Tajik
Tajik in 2017
Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion
In office
14 October 2021 – 4 March 2022
Prime MinisterJonas Gahr Støre
Preceded byTorbjørn Røe Isaksen
Succeeded byMarte Mjøs Persen
Minister of Culture
In office
21 September 2012 – 16 October 2013
Prime MinisterJens Stoltenberg
Preceded byAnniken Huitfeldt
Succeeded byThorhild Widvey
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
Assumed office
1 October 2017
DeputyTom Kalsås
ConstituencyRogaland
In office
1 October 2009 – 30 September 2017
DeputyKarin Yrvin
Prableen Kaur
ConstituencyOslo
Deputy Leader of the Labour Party
In office
18 April 2015 – 6 March 2022
LeaderJonas Gahr Støre
Preceded byHelga Pedersen
Succeeded byTonje Brenna
Personal details
Born (1983-07-18) 18 July 1983 (age 41)
Strand, Rogaland, Norway
Political partyLabour
Spouses
(m. 2014; div. 2016)
Kristian Skard
(m. 2021)
Children1
Alma materUniversity of Oslo
Stavanger University College
Kingston University

Hadia Tajik (born 18 July 1983) is a Pakistani-Norwegian jurist, journalist and politician from the Labour Party. She served as Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion from 2021 to 2022.[1] She previously served as Minister of Culture from 2012 to 2013. She was 29 years of age at the time and became the youngest minister to serve in the Norwegian government.[2] She is the first Cabinet member that is a Muslim. Tajik has served as a Member of Parliament representing Rogaland since 2017, and Oslo from 2009 to 2017.[3] She was also the party's deputy leader from 2015 until 2022.

  1. ^ "Hadia Tajik går av som arbeids- og inkluderingsminister" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. 2 March 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  2. ^ Buer, Kathleen (21 September 2012). "Hadia Tajik (29) blir ny Kulturminister". Abcnyheter.no (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 22 February 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  3. ^ "The sixth parliamentary seat". Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2009-09-21.