Elisabeth Aspaker

Elisabeth Aspaker
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Minister of European Affairs Minister for Nordic Cooperation
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 December 2015
Prime Minister	Erna Solberg
Preceded by	Office created
Minister of Fisheries Minister for Nordic Cooperation
In office 16 October 2013 – 16 December 2015
Prime Minister	Erna Solberg
Preceded by	Lisbeth Berg-Hansen
Succeeded by	Per Sandberg
Personal details
Born	(1962-10-16) 16 October 1962 Harstad, Norway
Nationality	Norwegian
Political party	Conservative Party
Alma mater	Tromsø lærerhøgskole Harstad University College
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Teacher

Elisabeth Aspaker (born 16 October 1962) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party and has been Minister of European Affairs since 2015 and Minister for Nordic Cooperation since 2013. From 2013 to 2015, she also served as Minister of Fisheries.

She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Troms in 2005. She previously served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament during the terms 1989–1993 and 1997–2001.

From 1986 to 1990 she was the deputy leader of the Norwegian Young Conservatives. During the cabinet Syse, she was private secretary (today known as political advisor) in the Ministry of Justice and the Police. During the second cabinet Bondevik, she was appointed political advisor in the Ministry of Education and Research before being promoted to State Secretary in the Ministry of Health and Care Services in 2004.

On the local level she was a member of Harstad municipal council from 1991 to 1995, and of its executive committee from 1999 to 2001. From 1991 to 1999 she was a member of Troms county council, serving as deputy county mayor beginning in 1995.

Before entering politics, she worked as a teacher.

External links

• Minister of Fisheries Elisabeth Aspaker (homesite at Regjeringen.no)