Himanshu Gulati (born 16 June 1988) is a Norwegian politician representing the Progress Party. Gulati was the chairperson of the Progress Party's Youth from 2012 to 2014. He served as State Secretary in the

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from 2013 to 2014, and at the Office of the Prime Minister from 2014 until 2017. In 2017 he was elected as a representative in the

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from Akershus, where he has served in the Committee on Justice.

Early life and education

Born in

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to an Indian family who immigrated to Norway from

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during the 1970s, his father is a

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, and his mother is a

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. He grew up in the rural village of

Lavik Lavik is a former municipality in the old county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. It was located in the western part of the present-day municipality of Høyanger which is in Vestland county. The municipality was mostly on the northern side of the S ...

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where his father worked as a general practitioner before relocating to

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, Akershus at the age of fourteen. Parallel to his involvement in politics, Gulati for a time studied medicine before deciding it was not for him. He later received a bachelor's degree in Economy and Leadership from

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, as well as having attended a six-month course in

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at an academy in

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Political career

After taking an early interest in politics, he joined the FpU, or the youth organization of the Progress Party at the age of fifteen. He was elected

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of the Progress Party's Youth, on 24 March 2012 after previously having been vice-chairperson for two years. Apart from this he is also currently serving as a deputy member to the '' Storting''. On a local level he has since 2007 been a representative on the

Skedsmo Skedsmo was a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Romerike. The administrative centre of the municipality was the town of Lillestrøm. About one third of the municipal population lived in Lillestrøm. ...

municipal council, representing FrP. He was an outspoken critic of the Red-green coalition, especially on issues of foreign policy, immigration and taxation. When

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was formed in October 2013 after the Norwegian parliamentary election, Gulati was appointed state secretary for Anders Anundsen in

. Aged 25, he became the youngest state secretary in the cabinet.

Awards and achievements

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gulati, Himanshu 1988 births Living people BI Norwegian Business School alumni Deputy members of the Storting Members of the Storting Norwegian people of Indian descent Norwegian state secretaries People from Skedsmo People from Førde Progress Party (Norway) politicians Recipients of Pravasi Bharatiya Samman