Kaci Kullmann Five

Kaci Kullmann Five
Chairwoman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee
In office
3 March 2015 (2015-03-03) – 19 February 2017 (2017-02-19)
Preceded byThorbjørn Jagland
Succeeded byBerit Reiss-Andersen
Leader of the Conservative Party
In office
20 April 1991 (1991-04-20) – 10 April 1994 (1994-04-10)
DeputyJohn G. Bernander
Preceded byJan P. Syse
Succeeded byJan Petersen
In office
1 January 1988 – 22 January 1988
Acting
Preceded byRolf Presthus
Succeeded byJan P. Syse
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
In office
1 October 1981 (1981-10-01) – 30 September 1997 (1997-09-30)
ConstituencyAkershus
Minister of Trade and Shipping
In office
16 October 1989 (1989-10-16) – 3 November 1990 (1990-11-03)
Prime MinisterJan P. Syse
Preceded byJan Balstad
Succeeded byEldrid Nordbø
First Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party
In office
25 August 1984 – 22 January 1988
LeaderErling Norvik
Rolf Presthus
Preceded byHåkon Randal
Succeeded byWenche Frogn Sellæg
Second Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party
In office
19 March 1982 – 25 August 1984
LeaderJo Benkow
Preceded byAstrid Gjertsen
Succeeded byArne Skauge
Personal details
Born
Karin Cecilie Kullman

(1951-04-13)13 April 1951
Bærum, Akershus, Norway
Died19 February 2017(2017-02-19) (aged 65)
Oslo, Norway
Political partyConservative
SpouseCarsten O. Five (1972–2017; her death)
Children2
Alma materUniversity of Oslo

Karin Cecilie "Kaci" Kullmann Five (pronounced [ˈkɑːsɪ ˈkʉlːmɑn ˈfiːvə];[tone?] 13 April 1951 – 19 February 2017) was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. She served as a member of parliament from 1981 to 1997, as Minister of Trade and Shipping in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1989 to 1990 and as leader of the Conservative Party from 1991 to 1994. After she left politics in 1997, she held roles in private business, ran her own consultancy and was a board member of Statoil and other companies and organisations.

She was elected by the Storting as a member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee in 2003, became a board member of the Nobel Foundation in 2009 and served as chairwoman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee from 2015 until her death; in this capacity she was responsible for awarding the Nobel Peace Prize.