Osmund Kaldheim på Sentralbanksjefens årstale 2018 (191140)

Osmund Kaldheim (born 20 January 1964) is a Norwegian businessman, civil servant and politician for the

Conservative Party The Conservative Party is a name used by many political parties around the world. These political parties are generally right-wing though their exact ideologies can range from center-right to far-right. Political parties called The Conservative P ...

. He was born in

Haugesund Haugesund () is a municipality on the North Sea in Rogaland county, Norway. While the population is greater in the neighboring Karmøy municipality, the main commercial and economic centre of the Haugaland region in northern Rogaland and southern ...

, but grew up in

Etne Etne is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Sunnhordland, although it is also sometimes considered to be part of the district o ...

. He worked as an adviser for the Conservative Party parliamentary group from 1987, and was a private secretary (now called political adviser) in the

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from 1989 to 1990. He was also the mayor of

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municipality from 1995 to 1999. He was an advisor and partner in Geelmuyden.Kiese from 1990 to 1995 and a manager from 1999 to 2001. He was a State Secretary in the Ministry of Social Affairs from 2001 to 2002 and the Ministry of Labour and Administration from 2002 to 2004, both in

Bondevik's Second Cabinet Bondevik's Second Cabinet governed Norway between 19 October 2001 and 17 October 2005. It was led by Kjell Magne Bondevik and consisted of the Conservative Party, the Christian Democratic Party and the Liberal Party The Liberal Party is any of ...

. From 2004 to 2005 he was a director in Telenor Broadcast. In 2005 he was hired as director of the new

Directorate of Integration and Diversity The Directorate of Integration and Diversity ( no, Integrerings- og mangfoldsdirektoratet) is a Norwegian government agency which is responsible for implementing public policy concerning refugees and integration. It is subordinate to the Ministry ...

. He left in March 2010 to become chief administrative officer in

Drammen Drammen () is a city and municipality in Viken (county), Viken, Norway. The port and river city of Drammen is centrally located in the south-eastern and most populated part of Norway. Drammen municipality also includes smaller towns and village ...

municipality. He was a board chairman of

Nedre Romerike Vannverk Nedre may refer to: *Nedre Eggedal, village in Sigdal municipality, Norway *Nedre Eiker, municipality in Buskerud county, Norway *Nedre Elvehavn, borough of Trondheim, Norway *Nedre Fagervollvatnet, Norwegian lake that lies in Rana municipality in ...

from 1996 to 1999 and a board member of

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from 2001 and of Wright Trafikkskole from 2004.

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1964 births Living people People from Haugesund People from Hordaland People from Etne Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Norwegian state secretaries Mayors of places in Akershus Norwegian businesspeople Norwegian civil servants Directors of government agencies of Norway {{Norway-politician-1960s-stub