Iselin Nybø (born 14 May 1981) is a Norwegian politician for the

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, who served as the Minister of Trade and Industry from 2020 to 2021.NRK>; She also served as Minister of Higher Education from 2018 to 2020. She was elected to the

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from

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in 2013, where she served as the first deputy chair of the Standing Committee on Education, Research, and Church Affairs. Her seat is a

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Education

Nybø has a

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degree from the

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in 2006. She has later taken some courses in economics and organization studies. She worked as a

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in the

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from 2006 to 2009, then as a lawyer in private firms from 2009 to 2013.Iselin Nybø, CV
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Career

Local politics

She was a member of

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from 2003 to 2007 and has been a member of

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city council from 2009. From 2010 to 2012, she headed the Rogaland branch of the Liberal Party.

Minister of Higher Education

She was appointed minister of higher education in January 2018 following the Liberal Party’s negotiations to enter the Solberg cabinet. She held the position until 2020, when she was succeeded by

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Minister of Trade and Industry

Following the Progress Party’s withdrawal from government in January 2020, Nybø was appointed minister of trade and industry, succeeding Torbjørn Røe Isaksen. Following

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’s resignation as minister of education and Liberal Party leader, Nybø was designated the temporary highest ranking Liberal Party member of the Solberg cabinet. She was also designated to take over as acting prime minister in case

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would be incapacitated, during the

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. As minister of trade and industry, she led the government effort during the

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to secure trade and help small and big businesses in the country. In August 2020, Nybø started her participation in negotiations with representatives of the United Kingdom for a free trade agreement. In early September 2020, she encouraged Hurtigruten to change their practises immediately following one of their ships, the MS ''Fridtjof Nansen'', being used as a temporary residency for the movie production of '' Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One''. In November, she notably refused extra funding for the stimulus package for

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, stating “it’s not a defendable use of common resources”. Norwegian CEO Jacob Schram called it “a disgrace, a disappointment and a punch in the stomach”. On 8 July 2021, Nybø signed the UK-Norwegian free trade agreement, which was described as being the most comprehensive trade deal Norway has had with any individual country.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nybo, Iselin Liberal Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting Rogaland politicians 1981 births Living people 21st-century Norwegian politicians University of Bergen alumni Ministers of Trade and Shipping of Norway