Mudassar Kapur
Mudassar Hussain Kapur (born 14 December 1976) is a Norwegian politician. He is a member of the Conservative Party and has served as a member of the Storting since 2013.
Mudassar Kapur | |
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| Member of Parliament for Oslo | |
| Assumed office 1 October 2013 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 December 1976 Oslo, Norway |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Political party | Conservative Party |
| Children | Three |
| Alma mater | BI Norwegian Business School Norwegian School of Economics |
| Occupation | Businessperson |
Biography
Kapur was born on 14 December 1976 in Oslo. He is of Pakistani descent, his family having immigrated to Norway from in 1971.
Kapur studied marketing, branding and management at the BI Norwegian Business School from 1995 to 2000 and earned an MBA in strategic management from the Norwegian School of Economics in 2012.
Kapur began his career in sales and marketing for Royal Dutch Shell in 2000. In 2006, he transitioned into politics as a campaign manager for the Conservative Party where he worked until 2012. In 2012, he became a fundraiser for SOS Children's Villages.[1]
He was elected to Oslo city council from the Søndre Nordstrand district in 2011 and served on the Finance Committee.[2] In the 2013 Norwegian parliamentary election he was nominated in the 5th spot on the Conservative Party's ballot and gained a seat in the parliament in the election.[1] In the Storting, Kapur serves as a member of the Standing Committee on Local Government and Public Administration.
Kapur is married and has a son and a daughter. The family lives in Ekeberg, Oslo.[1]
References
- Wazim K. Riaz (11 March 2013): Høyre-kometen Kapur Oslo by. Retrieved 13 September 2013 (in Norwegian)
- Kjetil Løset (21 August 2013): Mudassar (35) sikter mot Stortinget TV2. Retrieved 9 October 2013 (in Norwegian)