Bjørnar Moxnes

Bjørnar Moxnes (born 19 December 1981) is a Norwegian politician. He is the leader of the Red Party, having succeeded Turid Thomassen on 6 May 2012. He is a member of Parliament from Oslo. He was formerly deputy party leader from 2010 to 2012.[1]

Bjørnar Moxnes
Leader of the Red Party
Assumed office
6 May 2012
DeputyMarie Sneve Martinussen
Preceded byTurid Thomassen
Deputy Leader of the Red Party
In office
30 May 2010 – 6 May 2012
LeaderTurid Thomassen
Preceded byIngrid Baltzersen
Ana Lopez Taylor
Succeeded byMarie Sneve Martinussen
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
Assumed office
1 October 2017
ConstituencyOslo
Personal details
Born (1981-12-19) 19 December 1981
Oslo, Norway
Political partyRed

In the 2017 elections, he was elected as the sole representative of the Red Party in the Norwegian parliament.

Biography

Moxnes was raised on Nordstrand in Oslo by a mother who was a nurse and a father who worked in a kindergarten. Later, while studying in the Oslo Cathedral School, he became a member of Red Youth.[2]

Education

Moxnes did his higher education at the University of Oslo, where he studied sociology.[3] In his Master's theses Med makt i bagasjen - En analyse av politikerelitens yrkesmobilitet (With power in the luggage - An analysis of occupational mobility of politicians), he analysed the tendency of politicians to change careers from politics to PR. Moxnes concluded that characteristics such as socioeconomic background and education have little direct effect on the probability of transition to high-earning jobs. Instead, according to Moxnes, this probability is influenced by political capital. He did not rule out that socioeconomic backgrounds and education indirectly affect occupational mobility, because high education or high socioeconomic status of parents make it more likely to get jobs which permit accumulation of the political capital.[4]

Leader of Red Youth

In 2004, Moxnes became the leader of the Red Youth after having spent two years as secretary for the organization.

Politician and leader of Rødt

In 2010, he was elected deputy chairman of the party, and at the party's country meeting on 6 May 2012, he was elected new head after Turid Thomassen.[5] In 2018, he nominated the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel for a Nobel Peace Prize.[6]

References
  1. TV2, 6.mai 2012: Bjørnar Moxnes (30) er Rødts nye leder
  2. "Den røde og ranke - Dagsavisen". 2014-02-22. Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2017-09-12.
  3. Lycke, Tia Karlsen, Christian. "Grøtglad sosialist" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2017-09-12.
  4. Moxnes, Bjørnar (2010). "Med makt i bagasjen : En studie av politikerelitens yrkesmobilitet".
  5. AS, TV 2. "Bjørnar Moxnes (30) er Rødts nye leder". TV 2 (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2017-09-12.
  6. Harb, Ali. "'Legitimate, non-violent': Norwegian MP nominates BDS for Nobel Peace Prize | Middle East Eye". Retrieved 4 October 2018.
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