Kristin Halvorsen | |
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.jpg) Halvorsen in 2018. | |
| Minister of Education and Research | |
| In office 20 October 2009 – 16 October 2013 | |
| Prime Minister | Jens Stoltenberg |
| Preceded by | Bård Vegar Solhjell |
| Succeeded by | Torbjørn Røe Isaksen |
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 17 October 2005 – 20 October 2009 | |
| Prime Minister | Jens Stoltenberg |
| Preceded by | Per-Kristian Foss |
| Succeeded by | Sigbjørn Johnsen |
| Leader of the Socialist Left Party | |
| In office 3 May 1997 – 11 March 2012 | |
| Deputy | Øystein Djupedal Bård Vegar Solhjell Audun Lysbakken |
| Preceded by | Erik Solheim |
| Succeeded by | Audun Lysbakken |
| Member of the Storting | |
| In office 1 October 1989 – 30 September 2013 | |
| Deputy | Heidi Sørensen Akhtar Chaudhry |
| Constituency | Oslo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 September 1960 Horten, Vestfold, Norway |
| Political party | Socialist Left |
| Spouse | Charlo Halvorsen |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University of Oslo |
Kristin Halvorsen (born 2 September 1960) is a Norwegian politician of the Socialist Left Party. She served as Minister of Finance from 2005 to 2009 and as Minister of Education from 2009 to 2013. She also served as the party's leader from 1997 to 2012 and a member of parliament representing Oslo, from 1989 to 2013.
Taking over as leader of the Socialist Left Party in 1997, she established an unprecedented level of consensus within the party. At the 2005 election, the party received a disappointing 8.8% share of the vote, and in 2009 down further, to 6.2%. She stepped down as leader in 2012, and was succeeded by Audun Lysbakken on 11 March.
The Socialist Left, in coalition with the Labour Party and the Centre Party, won Norway's September 2005 parliamentary elections. The resulting Red-Green coalition government marked the first time that the Socialist Left Party was included in the cabinet. Halvorsen took office as Minister of Finance, becoming the first woman to hold the position.