Marit Nybakk
| Marit Nybakk MP |
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| File:Nordiska radets session i Helsingfors (5).jpg | |
| Member of the Norwegian Parliament | |
| Assumed office 1986 |
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| Constituency | Oslo |
| First Vice-President of the Norwegian Parliament | |
| Assumed office 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Øyvind Korsberg |
| President of the Nordic Council | |
| In office 2013–2013 |
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| Preceded by | Kimmo Sasi |
| Succeeded by | Karin Åström |
| President of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights | |
| Assumed office 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Margunn Bjørnholt |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 February 1947 Nord-Odal, Norway |
| Nationality | Norway |
| Political party | Labour Party |
Marit Nybakk (born 14 February 1947 in Nord-Odal) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party, and First Vice-President of the Norwegian Parliament, the Storting.
She became a Member of Parliament in 1986 as the substitute for Gro Harlem Brundtland when the latter became Prime Minister, and is currently Norway's longest-serving member of parliament.
Nybakk has mainly focused on foreign and defence policy since the 1990s, and was Chairman of the Standing Committee on Defence between 2001 and 2005 and Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs between 2005 and 2009. In 2009 she became the Storting's Third Vice President, before becoming First Vice President in 2013.
She became President of the Socialist Parliamentary Group in the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in 2009, and served as President of the Nordic Council in 2013. Since 2016 she is President of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights.
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Education
Nybakk studied English, French and political science in Oslo, Paris and Cambridge, and graduated with the cand.mag. degree at the University of Oslo in 1972. She also studied theatre and drama in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1974. As a student, she was a member of the university board of the University of Oslo, and she was President of the Norwegian Students' and Academics' International Assistance Fund 1977–1981.[1]
Political career
Member of Parliament
Nybakk was elected as a deputy member of the Parliament of Norway, the Storting, for the Oslo constituency in 1985. As the deputy of Gro Harlem Brundtland, she became a substitute member of parliament in 1986 when Brundtland became Prime Minister. She became a full representative in 1987, following the death of Foreign Minister Knut Frydenlund. Nybakk was reelected as a member of parliament for the Oslo constituency in 1989, 1993, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, and 2013.[1]
Since the 1990s, Nybakk has focused on foreign and security policy. She was Chairman of the Standing Committee on Defence between 2001 and 2005 and Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs between 2005 and 2009. She is a member of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence and the European Committee, and Chairman of the Preparatory Credentials Committee during the term 2013–2017.[1]
Nybakk was Third Vice President of the Storting during the term 2009–2013, and was elected First Vice President in 2013.[1]
In 2013 she became the longest-serving member of the Norwegian parliament.[2]
Nybakk has been a delegate to the United Nations General Assembly since 2004. She is also a member of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, where she became President of the Socialist Parliamentary Group in 2009.
Nybakk is considered a Third Way pragmatic social democrat. She supports Norwegian membership in the European Union.[3] She has also been involved in supporting women's human rights in Iran, and was vice chair of the committee for human rights in Iran 1995–1997.
President of the Nordic Council
In 2012, Nybakk was elected as the President of the Nordic Council for the term 2013.[4]
Trade unions
Nybakk was leader of the Oslo chapter of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO i Oslo) from 1992 to 1997.[1]
Norwegian Association for Women's Rights
In 2016 Nybakk was elected President of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights, the main Norwegian advocacy group for women's and girls' rights, in succession to sociologist Margunn Bjørnholt.[5]
Publications
- Marit Nybakk and Alexander Kvedalen (eds.): Arbeiderbevegelsens århundre: 100 år i kamp og framgang: en billedkavalkade over viktige hendelser fra fagbevegelsens historie i Oslo, LO i Oslo 1999
References
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- ↑ Stortingsrepresentantenes alder, fødselsår og ansiennitet, Stortinget
- ↑ Håper Venstres landsmøte er enig med Sponheim, VG
- ↑ Marit Nybakk, Nordic Council
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
