Dag Inge Ulstein | |
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First Deputy Leader of the Christian Democratic Party | |
Assumed office 13 November 2021 | |
Leader | Olaug Bollestad |
Preceded by | Olaug Bollestad |
Member of the Norwegian Parliament | |
Assumed office 1 October 2021 | |
Constituency | Hordaland |
Minister of International Development | |
In office 22 January 2019 –14 October 2021 | |
Prime Minister | Erna Solberg |
Preceded by | Nikolai Astrup |
Succeeded by | Anne Beathe Tvinnereim |
Bergen City Commissioner for Finance | |
In office 22 October 2015 –22 November 2018 | |
Chief Commissioner | Harald Schjelderup |
Preceded by | Eiler Macody Lund |
Succeeded by | Håkon Pettersen |
Bergen City Commissioner for Social,Housing and Area Investment | |
In office 26 June 2013 –17 June 2014 | |
Chief Commissioner | Monica Mæland Ragnhild Stolt-Nielsen |
Preceded by | Lisbeth Iversen |
Succeeded by | Eiler Macody Lund |
Personal details | |
Born | 4 December 1980 |
Nationality | Norwegian |
Political party | Christian Democratic |
Spouse | Ingjerd Mella Ulstein |
Children | 4 |
Occupation | Politician |
Dag Inge Ulstein (born 4 December 1980) is a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party.
Ulstein was appointed Minister of International Development in Solberg's Cabinet on 22 January 2019,a position which he held until the cabinet resigned following the 2021 election. [1]
Ulstein was a vocalist in the Norwegian Christian pop-group Elevate. [2]
Ulstein served as Bergen's cit commissioner for social,housing and area investment from 2013 to 2014,when his party withdrew from the council cabinet,citing disagreements over a proposed route for the light rail to Åsane. [3] [4] When Harald Schjelderup became chief commissioner following the 2015 local elections,Ulstein was appointed city commissioner for finance. He held the post until he stepped down in 2018. [5]
Having been a deputy to the Storting for the Christian Democratic Party from Hordaland from 2017 to 2021,Ulstein was elected representative to the Storting for the period 2021–2025. In the Storting,he was a member of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence from 2021. [6]
Following his party's negotiations to enter the Solberg cabinet,Ulstein was appointed minister of international development on 22 January 2019. This was despite the fact that he had supported the Labour favouring faction of the party in the path choice the year before. [7]
Ulstein is leading WHO`s ACT-A Initiative (Access to Covid-19 Tools Accelerator). ACT-A is set up to lead the efforts to mobilize political and financial support to ensure equitable distribution of corona virus vaccines,medicines and tests. He is also a Board Member of the Global Center on Adaptation to address climate change.
He has previously held the position as head of development at Haraldsplass Diaconal Foundation,a specialised hospital. Prior to this position he was the general manager at Haraldsplass therapy and counselling center (2012-2014).
Ulstein was considered one of the most leading candidates to replace Kjell Ingolf Ropstad as party leader after the resigned following a parliamentary housing scandal. Ulstein never confirmed his candidacy,but still pulled himself out of consideration in October 2021,thereby leading to Olaug Bollestad being the presumptive new party leader. [8] He was however open to become deputy leader. [9]
Ulstein was designated as first deputy leader along with Bollestad as leader. At the party convention on 13 November,he won with 149 votes against Truls Olufsen-Mehus' 11. [10]
Ulstein is married to Ingjerd Mella and has four children. [14]
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