Hadia Tajik | |
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Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion | |
In office 14 October 2021 – 4 March 2022 | |
Prime Minister | Jonas Gahr Støre |
Preceded by | Torbjørn Røe Isaksen |
Succeeded by | Marte Mjøs Persen |
Minister of Culture | |
In office 21 September 2012 – 16 October 2013 | |
Prime Minister | Jens Stoltenberg |
Preceded by | Anniken Huitfeldt |
Succeeded by | Thorhild Widvey |
Member of the Norwegian Parliament | |
Assumed office 1 October 2017 | |
Deputy | Tom Kalsås |
Constituency | Rogaland |
In office 1 October 2009 – 30 September 2017 | |
Deputy | Karin Yrvin Prableen Kaur |
Constituency | Oslo |
Deputy Leader of the Labour Party | |
In office 18 April 2015 – 6 March 2022 | |
Leader | Jonas Gahr Støre |
Preceded by | Helga Pedersen |
Succeeded by | Tonje Brenna |
Personal details | |
Born | Strand, Rogaland, Norway | 18 July 1983
Political party | Labour |
Spouses | |
Children | 1 |
Alma mater | University 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.