Ivar B. Prestbakmo

Ivar B. Prestbakmo
State Secretary to the Minister of Research and Higher Education
Assumed office
23 January 2024
Prime MinisterJonas Gahr Støre
MinisterOddmund Løkensgard Hoel
Preceded byOddmund Løkensgard Hoel
Deputy Member of the Storting
Assumed office
1 October 2021
Deputising forSandra Borch (2021–2024)
ConstituencyTroms
In office
1 October 1993 – 30 September 2001
ConstituencyTroms
County Mayor of Troms and Finnmark
In office
1 January 2020 – 14 December 2021
DeputyTarjei Jensen Bech
Cabinet ChairBjørn Inge Mo
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byTarjei Jensen Bech
Troms County Commissioner for Transport and the Environment
In office
8 January 2014 – 28 October 2019
Cabinet ChairLine Furdahl
Cecilie Myrseth
Willy Ørnebakk
Preceded byTerje Olsen
Succeeded byKristina Hansen (Transport)
Bjarne Rhode (Environment)
Mayor of Salangen Municipality
In office
1999 – 20 January 2014
DeputyOddveig Kristiansen
Lars Johan Hellefossmo
Karin Haugli Zachariassen
Gry Hege Rognsaa
Ronny Karlsen
Preceded byAstrid Tunheim
Succeeded bySigrun W. Prestbakmo
Personal details
Born (1968-11-07) 7 November 1968 (age 55)
Political partyCentre
SpouseSigrun Wiggen Prestbakmo

Ivar Bühring Prestbakmo (born 7 November 1968) is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party. He currently serves as a deputy member of the Storting for Troms since 2021, having previously done so from 1993 to 2001. Prestbakmo was mayor of Salangen Municipality from 1999 to 2014, when he became county commissioner for transport and the environment until 2019.