Sylvi Listhaug | |
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_(cropped2).jpg) Listhaug in 2023 | |
| Leader of the Progress Party | |
| Assumed office 8 May 2021 | |
| First Deputy | Ketil Solvik-Olsen Hans Andreas Limi |
| Second Deputy | Terje Søviknes |
| Preceded by | Siv Jensen |
| Minister of Petroleum and Energy | |
| In office 18 December 2019 – 24 January 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Erna Solberg |
| Preceded by | Kjell-Børge Freiberg |
| Succeeded by | Tina Bru |
| Minister of the Elderly and Public Health | |
| In office 3 May 2019 – 18 December 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Erna Solberg |
| Preceded by | Åse Michaelsen |
| Succeeded by | Terje Søviknes |
| Minister of Justice, Public Security and Immigration | |
| In office 17 January 2018 – 20 March 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | Erna Solberg |
| Preceded by | Per-Willy Amundsen |
| Succeeded by | Tor Mikkel Wara |
| Minister of Immigration and Integration | |
| In office 16 December 2015 – 17 January 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | Erna Solberg |
| Preceded by | Office created |
| Succeeded by | Herself as Minister of Justice, Public Security and Immigration |
| Minister of Agriculture and Food | |
| In office 16 October 2013 – 16 December 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | Erna Solberg |
| Preceded by | Trygve Slagsvold Vedum |
| Succeeded by | Jon Georg Dale |
| Oslo City Commissioner of Welfare and Social Services | |
| In office 18 January 2006 – 27 September 2011 | |
| Governing Mayor | Erling Lae Stian Berger Røsland |
| Preceded by | Margaret Eckbo |
| Succeeded by | Anniken Hauglie |
| Member of the Norwegian Parliament | |
| Assumed office 1 October 2017 | |
| Deputy | Jan Steinar Engeli Johansen |
| Constituency | Møre og Romsdal |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 December 1977 Ørskog, Møre og Romsdal, Norway |
| Political party | Progress |
| Spouse | Espen Espeset |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Volda University College |
Sylvi Listhaug (born 25 December 1977) is a Norwegian politician who has been the leader of the Progress Party since 2021.
Listhaug previously served in several cabinet positions under Prime Minister Erna Solberg, last in brief stints as Minister of the Elderly and Public Health and Minister of Petroleum and Energy between 2019 and 2020. Before that, she served as Norway's first Minister of Immigration and Integration from 2015 to 2018, a specially created cabinet position during the European migrant crisis, and Minister of Agriculture and Food from 2013 to 2015. Her term as Minister of Immigration and Integration saw the number of asylum seekers arriving in Norway reduced from 30,000 in 2015 to 2,000 in 2017.[1] She briefly served as Minister of Justice, Public Security and Immigration in 2018.
Originally from the rural municipality of Ørskog in Sunnmøre, Listhaug began her political career in Oslo as City Commissioner of Welfare and Social Services. She is currently serving as a member of the Storting and the Standing Committee on Health and Care Services.[2]
- ^ "Norwegians now 'experiencing the same fear as Israelis' says minister - Israel News - Jerusalem Post". Jpost.com. 28 September 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- ^ Helljesen, Vilde (3 April 2018). "Sylvi Listhaug blir helsepolitiker på Stortinget". NRK. Retrieved 28 March 2019.