Anne Lise Ryel (born 7 June 1958) is a Norwegian jurist and politician for the Labour Party. Born in

Tromsø Tromsø (, , ; se, Romsa ; fkv, Tromssa; sv, Tromsö) is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Tromsø. Tromsø lies in Northern Norway. The municipality is the ...

, she graduated as cand.jur. from the

University of Oslo The University of Oslo ( no, Universitetet i Oslo; la, Universitas Osloensis) is a public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the highest ranked and oldest university in Norway. It is consistently ranked among the top universit ...

in 1987. In 1994 she became the new Norwegian ombudsman for gender equality, taking over for Ingse Stabel. She held this position until 2000. During the

first cabinet Stoltenberg Stoltenberg's First Cabinet governed Norway between 17 March 2000 and 19 October 2001. The Labour Party cabinet was led by Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg Jens Stoltenberg (born 16 March 1959) is a Norwegian politician who has been serving as ...

, Ryel was appointed State Secretary in the

Ministry of Justice A Ministry of Justice is a common type of government department that serves as a justice ministry. Lists of current ministries of justice Named "Ministry" * Ministry of Justice (Abkhazia) * Ministry of Justice (Afghanistan) * Ministry of Just ...

. She held the position until the 2001 election, which caused the cabinet to fall. Ryel later became general director of the Norwegian Cancer Association. From 2007 to 2009 she is a board member of the

Federation of Norwegian Commercial and Service Enterprises The Federation of Norwegian Enterprise ( no, Virke, formerly ''Handels- og Servicenæringens Hovedorganisasjon (HSH)'') is an employers' organisation in Norway with more than 24 000 member companies. It was established 1 of January 1990 through a ...

. She served in the position of deputy representative to the

Norwegian Parliament The Storting ( no, Stortinget ) (lit. the Great Thing) is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The unicameral parliament has 169 members and is elected every four years bas ...

from

Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population ...

during the term 2005–2009.

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Anne Lise Ryel
at forskning.no 1958 births Living people Politicians from Tromsø Deputy members of the Storting Politicians from Oslo Labour Party (Norway) politicians Norwegian state secretaries Norwegian jurists University of Oslo alumni Women members of the Storting Directors of government agencies of Norway Ombudsmen in Norway Norwegian women state secretaries {{Norway-politician-1950s-stub