Olaug Bollestad
Olaug Vervik Bollestad (born 4 November 1961) is a Norwegian nurse and politician for the Christian Democratic Party who is an MP for Rogaland since 2013 and Minister of Agriculture and Food since 2019.[1]
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| Minister of Agriculture and Food | |
| Assumed office 22 January 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Erna Solberg |
| Preceded by | Bård Hoksrud |
| First Deputy Leader of the Christian Democratic Party | |
| Assumed office 8 May 2015 | |
| Leader | Knut Arild Hareide Kjell Ingolf Ropstad |
| Leader of the Christian Democratic Party Acting | |
| In office 17 January 2019 – 27 April 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Knut Arild Hareide |
| Succeeded by | Kjell Ingolf Ropstad |
| Member of the Norwegian Parliament | |
| Assumed office 1 October 2013 | |
| Constituency | Rogaland |
| Mayor of Gjesdal | |
| In office 1 January 2007 – 1 October 2013 | |
| Deputy | Frode Fjeldsbø |
| Preceded by | Karl Edvard Aksnes |
| Succeeded by | Frode Fjeldsbø |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Olaug Vervik Bollestad 4 November 1961 Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway |
| Political party | Christian Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Jan Frode Bollestad |
She served as mayor of Gjesdal from 2007 to 2013, and was elected to the Parliament of Norway in the 2013 Norwegian parliamentary election where she was nominated in the first spot on the Christian Democratic Party's ballot for Rogaland.[2] In 2015 she became the second deputy leader of the Christian Democratic Party.[3]
Educated as a nurse, she worked as department manager at Stavanger University Hospital before she became mayor. She was elected to the municipal council of Gjesdal in 2003.[4]
She is a member of the Norwegian Baptist Union.[4]
References
- "Here is the new Cabinet". Aftenposten. 22 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- To nøgde Krf-arar NRK. Retrieved 23 September 2013 (in Norwegian)
- "Olaug Bollestad" (in Norwegian). Storting.
- Olaug Vervik Bollestad Kommunal Rapport. Retrieved 23 September 2013 (in Norwegian)