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Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence

Norwegian parliamentary committee for foreign affairs and defense

Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence

Summary

Norwegian parliamentary committee for foreign affairs and defense

The Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence () is a standing committee of the Parliament of Norway. It is responsible for policies relating foreign affairs, military, development cooperation, Svalbard or in other polar regions and matters in general relating to agreements between Norway and other states or organizations. It corresponds to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Defence. The committee has 16 members and is chaired by Ine Eriksen Søreide of the Conservative Party. The members also sit on the Enlarged Committee on Foreign Affairs and the European Committee.

Members 2021–25

The committee is chaired by [[Ine Eriksen Søreide]].
RepresentativePartyPosition
Ine Eriksen SøreideConservativeChair
Åsmund Grøver AukrustLabourFirst Vice Chair
Guri MelbyLiberalSecond Vice Chair
Progress
Sylvi ListhaugProgress
Nils-Ole FoshaugLabour
Conservative
Dag Inge UlsteinChristian Democratic
Erna SolbergConservative
Eva Kristin HansenLabour
Bjørnar MoxnesRed
Ingrid FiskaaSocialist Left
Rigmor AasrudLabour
Marit ArnstadCentre
Conservative
Bengt FasterauneCentre

Leadership

The committee is headed by a chair and two vice chairs.

Key

Chairs

PortraitNamePartyTook officeLeft officeTenure
[[File:SD meets with Norway’s Minister of Defence 170517-D-SV709-158 (34721980225) (cropped).jpg100px]]Conservative
[[File:Norges_kulturminister_Anniken_Huitfeldt_under_ett_nordiskt_kulturministermote_vid_Nordiska_Radets_session_2011_i_Kopenhamn.jpg100px]]Labour
[[File:SD meets with Norway’s Minister of Defence 170517-D-SV709-158 (34721980225) (cropped).jpg100px]]Conservativepresent

Vice Chairs

First Vice Chairs

PortraitNamePartyTook officeLeft officeTenure
[[File:Svein_Roald_Hansen_-_Arbeiderpartiet.jpg100px]]Labour
[[File:Øyvind_Halleraker_(2017-03-11_bilde02).jpg100px]]Conservative
[[File:Michael_Tetzschner_(H)_Norge,_Nordiska_radets_session_2011_i_Kopenhamn_(1).jpg100px]]Conservative
[[File:Kari_Henriksen_-_Arbeiderpartiet.jpg100px]]Labour
[[File:Åsmund_Aukrust,_nestleder_i_AUF_(6082081311)_(cropped).jpg100px]]Labour
[[File:Nils Ole Foshaug DSC07594 (35315560592).jpg100px]]Labourpresent

Second Vice Chairs

PortraitNamePartyTook officeLeft officeTenure
[[File:Stopdld_demo_oslo_Bård_Vegar_Solhjell_2.jpg100px]]Socialist Left
[[File:Snorre_Valen_(205402).jpg100px]]Socialist Left
[[File:Kristian_Norheim_0052_(crop).jpg100px]]Progress
[[File:C_TybringGjedde5982_2E_jpg_DF0000062785_(edit).jpg100px]]Progress
[[File:Guri_Melby_(51133281858)_(cropped).jpg100px]]Liberalpresent

References

References

  1. [[Parliament of Norway]]. "The Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence".
  2. [http://www.stortinget.no/en/In-English/Standing-Commitees/The-Standing-Committee-on-Foreign-Affairs/ The Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence] Stortinget.no. Retrieved 11 July 2022
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