Astrid N. Heiberg

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Astrid N. Heiberg

Astrid Nøklebye Heiberg (born April 14, 1936 in Oslo ; † April 2, 2020 ) was a Norwegian psychiatrist and politician of the conservative Høyre party . She served as President of the Norwegian Red Cross from 1993 to 1999 and as President of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies from 1997 to 2001 .

Life

Astrid Heiberg was born in Oslo in 1936 and studied medicine . She closed her 1969 residency in psychiatry , and became in 1980 the promotion . From 1985 she was Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Oslo . She advocated recognition of homosexuality in both her time as a psychiatrist and as a politician . Among other things, she advocated removing homosexuality from the list of mental illnesses.

Political career

From October 14, 1981 to October 10, 1985 she was State Secretary in the Willoch Government in the Ministry of Social Affairs and from April 18 to May 9, 1986 Minister for Administrative and Consumer Affairs. From 1985 to 1989 she was a member of the Storting , the Norwegian parliament. In 1990/1991 she was vice chairman of her party. From October 16, 2013 to April 15, 2016, she was State Secretary in the Ministry of Health and Nursing Services. From January 2018 Heiberg belonged again to the Storting. She did not move in there directly, but represented her party colleague Nikolai Astrup , who has been a member of the government since January 17, 2018. Heiberg thus became the oldest person who was ever represented in parliament at the time. In the time before her death, she was represented by Camilla Strandskog .

Functionary in the health sector

In addition to her political offices, she was President of the Norwegian Red Cross from 1993 to 1999 . In November 1997 she took over the office of President of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies from the Venezuelan lawyer Mario Villarroel Lander , becoming the first woman to head the organization. The Spaniard Juan Manuel Suárez Del Toro Rivero was elected as her successor in November 2001 . In November 2011 she received the Henry Dunant Medal, the highest award of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.

Private

Astrid Heiberg had been married since 1963 and was the mother of two daughters.

literature

  • Heiberg, Astrid Nøklebye. In: Elizabeth Sleeman: The International Who's Who of Women 2002. Third edition. Routledge, London 2001, ISBN 1-85743-122-7 , p. 240

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Hans Ivar Moss Kolseth: Astrid Nøklebye Heiberg er død. April 2, 2020, accessed April 2, 2020 (Norwegian Nynorsk).
  2. ↑ Astrid Heiberg Nøklebye: Vi kan ikke ta friheten for gitt. In: Nettavisen. July 12, 2018, accessed April 2, 2020 (Norwegian).
  3. ↑ Astrid Heiberg Nøklebye he død. Retrieved April 2, 2020 (Bokmål in Norwegian).
  4. ↑ http://www.nrk.no/valg2013/de-nye-statssekretaerene-1.11300493
  5. ↑ https://www.regjeringen.no/no/aktuelt/offisielt-fra-statsrad-15.-april-2016/id2484164/
  6. ^ Biography: Heiberg, Astrid Nøklebye. March 9, 2008, accessed April 2, 2020 (Norwegian).
personal data
SURNAME Heiberg, Astrid N.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Heiberg, Astrid Nøklebye (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian psychiatrist and politician (Høyre), member of the Storting
DATE OF BIRTH April 14, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Oslo
DATE OF DEATH April 2, 2020