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Anniken Hauglie (born 10 September 1972) is a Norwegian politician for the
Conservative Party
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who served as
Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion
The Norwegian Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion is the head of the Norwegian Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion. The position has existed since 1 January 1846, when the Ministry of the Interior was created. Several different names have b ...
from December 2015 to January 2020.
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Education
Hauglie graduated 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 2000, majoring in
sociology
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, with a minor in
political science
Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and la ...
,
philosophy and
ethics
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. She has also qualified in
project management
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from
BI Norwegian Business School
BI Norwegian Business School () is the largest business school in Norway and the second largest in all of Europe. BI has in total four campuses with the main one located in Oslo. The university has 845 employees consisting of an academic staff o ...
in 2006.
Career
Early career
Hauglie has previously worked at the
Norwegian Consumer Council
The Consumer Council of Norway (Norwegian: ''Forbrukerrådet'') is a Norwegian government agency and consumer protection organisation established in 1953. It works to increase consumer influence in society, to contribute to consumer-friendly develo ...
and as political advisor to the
Ministry of Social Affairs
A Ministry of Social Affairs or Department of Social Affairs is the common name for a government department found in states where the government is divided into ministries or departments. While there is some variation in the responsibilities of ...
, a social policy adviser in the
second Bondevik Government (2001-2005) and has worked as a social policy adviser in the Conservative Party's parliamentary group until 2010.
She is known for her opposition of
Norway's law banning the purchase of sex.
Oslo City Commissioner
From January 2010 to October 2013, she was
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 ...
's Commissioner for Social Services and head of child welfare, substance abuse and social services in the Department of the elderly and social services. From 2011 onwards she expanded her responsibilities and became Commissioner for Health and Social Services. In October 2013 she became Commissioner for Knowledge and Education, an office she left when the Conservative block lost the
2015 local elections.
Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion
Hauglie was appointed minister of labour and social inclusion on 16 December 2015 following a cabinet reshuffle.
In April 2018, Hauglie presented a Storting report about security in the petroleum branch. She stated that the branch still had a few challenges when it came to work environment. She called for better follow-up and cooperation on
HSE in the petroleum industry itself, and from the supervisory authorities. She did however express that in general, security has not worsened.
In 2019, Hauglie came under scrutiny after the NAV scandal was revealed, where at least 78 innocent people had been imprisoned due to a misunderstanding of the
EEA guidelines regarding the use of social security. By January 2020, she along with former ministers of Labour, Prime Minister
Erna Solberg
Erna Solberg (; born 24 February 1961) is a Norwegian politician and the current Leader of the Opposition. She served as the 35th prime minister of Norway from 2013 to 2021, and has been Leader of the Conservative Party since May 2004.
Solberg w ...
and the Justice Minister, were brought forward to a hearing to explain themselves and what had transpired. She stepped down as minister on 24 January 2020 after the Progress Party withdrew from government, and was succeeded by
Torbjørn Røe Isaksen.
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