Hanne Harlem | |
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Norwegian Parliamentary Ombudsman | |
Assumed office 1 February 2020 | |
Preceded by | Aage Thor Falkanger |
Minister of Justice and the Police | |
In office 17 March 2000 –19 October 2001 | |
Prime Minister | Jens Stoltenberg |
Preceded by | Odd Einar Dørum |
Succeeded by | Odd Einar Dørum |
Oslo City Commissioner for Children and Education | |
In office 1 January 1992 –1 September 1993 | |
Governing Mayor | Rune Gerhardsen |
Preceded by | Robert Wright |
Succeeded by | Gro Balas |
Personal details | |
Born | Oslo,Norway | 20 November 1964
Political party | Labour |
Spouse | Sam E. Harris |
Children | 3 |
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In October 2019,she was nominated to become the next Parliamentary Ombudsman. She assumed office on 1 February 2020. [1]
She is a daughter of Gudmund Harlem and sister of former Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland. She is married to lawyer Sam E. Harris,with whom she has three children. [2]
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