Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide

Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide (born 2 May 1976) is a Norwegian politician serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs since 2017, the first woman to hold the position.[1] Previously, she was the Minister of Defence from 2013 to 2017.[2] A member of the Conservative Party, she was elected in 2005 as a member of the Storting for Oslo. Søreide was appointed Norway's Foreign Minister on 20 October 2017.[3] She succeeded Børge Brende.[4]

Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide

MP
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Assumed office
20 October 2017
Prime MinisterErna Solberg
Preceded byBørge Brende
Minister of Defence
In office
16 October 2013 – 20 October 2017
Prime MinisterErna Solberg
Preceded byAnne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen
Succeeded byFrank Bakke-Jensen
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
Assumed office
19 October 2001
ConstituencyOslo
Leader of the Young Conservatives
In office
24 June 2000 – 20 June 2004
Preceded byJohn-Ragnar Aarset
Succeeded byTorbjørn Røe Isaksen
Personal details
Born (1976-05-02) 2 May 1976
Lørenskog, Norway
Political partyConservative
Spouse(s)Øystein Eriksen Søreide (2006–present)
Alma materUniversity of Tromsø

Career

Born in Lørenskog, from 1976 Søreide studied law at the University of Tromsø, while at university she joined the Conservative Party and got involved in local politics. In 2000 she became a member of the Conservative Party Central Executive Committee and Chairman of the Norwegian Young Conservatives. Eriksen Søreide started work as a producer at Metropol TV, she was also elected a Deputy Member of the Storting for Oslo. Following Metropol's closure Eriksen Søreide joined Grette Law Firm as a trainee. She was elected to Parliament in the 2001 election, and was re-elected in 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017.

In August 2020, Søreide's spokeswoman, Trude Maaseide, said that an unnamed Russian diplomat working at the trade section of the Russian embassy in Oslo was expelled for linking to the case of a man jailed on the accusation of spying for Russia.[5] It appeared the expelled diplomat was the Russian intelligence officer that Norwegian authorities said was meeting with the suspected spy (a Norwegian citizen) in an Oslo restaurant when he was arrested.[5]

Søreide hailed the peace agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates as a positive development and said Norway welcomed any move that led toward peace in the Middle East.[6]

Storting committees
  • 2009–2013: Chair of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence
  • 2005–2009: Chair of the Standing Committee on Education, Research and Church Affairs
  • 2001–2005: member of the Standing Committee on Education, Research and Church Affairs

References
  1. "Norway Gets A Female Foreign Minister First Time in History - The Nordic Page". The Nordic Page. 2017-10-20. Retrieved 2017-10-20.
  2. "Norway: new strategy to prevent flow of fighters to Iraq, Syria". World Bulletin News desk. 24 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  3. Ask, Alf Ole (2017-10-20). "Tre bytter i Regjeringen – Ine Eriksen Søreide første kvinnelige utenriksminister" (Norwegian). Aftenposten. Retrieved 2017-10-20.
  4. "Norway Gets A Female Foreign Minister First Time in History - The Nordic Page". The Nordic Page. 2017-10-20. Retrieved 2017-10-20.
  5. Norway expels Russian diplomat after arresting suspected spy. 2020-08-19. Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2020-08-24.
  6. "'Normalization between Israel and United Arab Emirats positive'" (Press release). Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway. 14 August 2020.
Political offices
Preceded by
Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen		 Minister of Defence
2013–2017		 Succeeded by
Frank Bakke-Jensen
Preceded by
Børge Brende		 Minister of Foreign Affairs
2017–present		 Incumbent


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