| Helga Pedersen | |
 Helga Pedersen in 2005 |
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Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs
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| Assumed office 2005 |
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| Prime Minister | Jens Stoltenberg |
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| Preceded by | Svein Ludvigsen |
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County mayor of Finnmark
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| In office 2003 – 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Evy-Ann Midttun |
| Succeeded by | Kirsti Saxi |
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| Born | January 13, 1973 (aged 36) Sør-Varanger, Norway |
| Political party | Labour |
Helga Pedersen (born 13 January 1973 in Sør-Varanger) is the deputy leader for the Norwegian Labour Party.
From April to October 2001, during the first cabinet Stoltenberg, she was appointed political advisor in the Ministry of Industry and Trade. In 2005, during the second cabinet Stoltenberg, she was appointed Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs. Pedersen is the first politician of Sámi descent to have been member of any country's government, and also the first member of any ethnic minority hold a place in the Norwegian government.
On the local level she was a deputy member of Finnmark county council from 1999 to 2003, and county mayor from 2003 to 2005.
In 2007 she was elected as deputy leader of the Labour Party.
Following the 2009 election, Pedersen was chosen to be the parliamentary leader for the Labour Party in the Storting. She will therefore resign as fishery minister and leave the cabinet.[1]
References
- "Helga Pedersen" (in Norwegian). Stortinget.no. http://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Representantene/Representantfordeling/Representant/?perid=HPED&tab=Biography.
- ^ Knudsen, Sjur Øverås (2009-09-29). "Pedersen går ut av regjeringen" (in Norwegian). NRK. http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/1.6796529. Retrieved 2009-09-30.
| Preceded by Evy-Ann Midttun |
County mayor of Finnmark 2003–2005 |
Succeeded by Kirsti Saxi |
| Preceded by Svein Ludvigsen |
Norwegian Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs 2005–2009 |
Succeeded by Sylvia Brustad |
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