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Monica Mæland (born 6 February 1968) is a
Norwegian
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politician for the
Conservative Party
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who served as Minister of Justice from 2020 to 2021.
[NRK
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> Previously she served as Minister Local Government from 2018 to 2020, and Minister of Trade and Industry from 2013 to 2018. In local politics, she was the
Chief Commissioner of Bergen
The Chief Commissioner of Bergen (Norwegian language, Norwegian: ''Byrådsleder'') is the acting mayor and head of the city government in Bergen, the second largest city in Norway. The position was created on 26 June 2000 when Bergen adopted the pa ...
from 2003 to 2013, and leader of the
Hordaland
Hordaland () was a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark, and Rogaland counties. Hordaland was the third largest county, after Akershus and Oslo, by population. The county government was the Hordaland County Municipal ...
Conservatives from 2002 to 2004.
Background
Mæland was born in Bergen and grew up in
Arendal
Arendal () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder counties of Norway, county in southeastern Norway. Arendal belongs to the Districts of Norway, region of Southern Norway, Sørlandet. The administrative centre of the munici ...
. She holds a
cand.jur.
Candidate of Law (Latin: ''candidatus/candidata juris/iuris'') is both a graduate law degree awarded to law students in the Nordic region as well as an academic status designation for advanced Law School students in German-speaking countries.
...
degree from the
University of Bergen
The University of Bergen ( no, Universitetet i Bergen, ) is a research-intensive state university located in Bergen, Norway. As of 2019, the university has over 4,000 employees and 18,000 students. It was established by an act of parliament in 194 ...
(1994), and practiced as a lawyer until entering politics full-time.
Political career
Local politics
Mæland was elected to the
City Council
A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, rural counc ...
in Bergen in 1999, and was a member until she became Chief Commissioner. She formed her first cabinet on 27 October 2003.
The first Mæland cabinet held a minority of the votes in the city council, and consisted of the Conservative Party, the
Christian Democratic Party
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Christian democratic parties are political parties that seek to apply Christian principles to public policy. The underlying Christian democracy movement emerged in 19th-century Europe, largely under the influence of Catholic social tea ...
and
the Liberal Party. After the 2007 local election she formed her second cabinet, a majority cabinet, consisting of the Christian Democratic Party and the
Progress Party. The Progress Party left the cabinet on 28 April 2009, due to a disagreement about continuing the lifespan of the toll ring financing the
Bergen Program for Transport, Urban Development and the Environment. The party reentered the cabinet a year later, and the political cooperation was resumed based on the agreement signed after the 2007 election.
After the 2011 election, Mæland formed her third cabinet, with the same parties as in her latter cabinet.
Mæland was also the leader, and prior to that, deputy leader, of the County branch of the Conservative Party.
Mæland is the second Chief Commissioner in Bergen after the
parliamentary system
A parliamentary system, or parliamentarian democracy, is a system of democratic governance of a state (or subordinate entity) where the executive derives its democratic legitimacy from its ability to command the support ("confidence") of the ...
was introduced in 2000, and the only one to have won re-election.
Minister
When Solberg's cabinet was formed in October 2013, Mæland was appointed Minister of Trade and Industry, a post she held until January 2018. In January 2018, she was appointed Minister of Local Government after the Liberal Party entered the cabinet. She overlook the county and municipal mergers that started in early 2018 and was finalized by January 2020. Later in January 2020, she was appointed Minister of Justice after the Progress Party withdrew from the Solberg cabinet.
References
External links
Profile on Bergen municipality's website
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1968 births
Living people
People from Arendal
20th-century Norwegian lawyers
Politicians from Bergen
Conservative Party (Norway) politicians
Government ministers of Norway
Ministers of Trade and Shipping of Norway
Norwegian women lawyers
Women government ministers of Norway
Female justice ministers
Ministers of Justice of Norway
Ministers of Local Government and Modernisation of Norway