Hadia Tajik

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Hadia Tajik (2012)

Hadia Tajik (born July 18, 1983 in Bjørheimsbygd, Strand municipality , Rogaland province ) is a Norwegian politician of the Social Democratic Labor Party , journalist and lawyer. From September 21, 2012 to October 16, 2013, she headed the culture department in the government of the Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg . At the time of her appointment, Hadia Tajik was the youngest minister in Norway's history and the first Muslim woman in a Scandinavian cabinet .

Life

Education and professional career

Hadia Tajik (2009)

Hadia Tajik grew up in the southwestern Norwegian municipality of Strand, about 30 km east of Stavanger . Her parents immigrated from Pakistan in the early 1970s . In 2001 she passed her Abitur in her home parish. She then started studying journalism at Stavanger University of Applied Sciences , which she completed in 2004 with a bachelor 's degree. From 2004 to 2005 she studied Human Rights at Kingston University in London . Between 2005 and 2006, and 2010 and 2012, she studied law at the University of Oslo and obtained the academic degree Master of Laws . Kingston University awarded her an honorary doctorate in 2014 .

From 2001 Hadia Tajik worked as a vacation replacement and freelancer for various Norwegian daily newspapers, e.g. B. for Verdens Gang , Dagbladet , Aftenposten and Stavanger Aftenblad . In 2001, at the age of 18, she published the book Svart på hvitt (Black and White), an anthology of Norwegian youth with a migration background. As a journalist and author, Tajik prefers Nynorsk , the smaller of the two official standard versions of Norwegian .

Political career

Hadia Tajik became interested in politics at an early age, joined the social democratic youth organization Arbeidernes Ungdomsfylking (AUF) and from 1999 headed its local branch in the Strand municipality. In 2001 she was promoted to the position of deputy UP leader in the province of Rogaland. Since 2008 she has been a member of the AUF Reich Board.

From December 2006 to February 2008 Tajik was political advisor to the then Norwegian Labor Minister Bjarne Håkon Hanssen . In the same capacity, she worked with Prime Minister Stoltenberg (February to October 2008), Justice Minister Knut Storberget (October 2008 to March 2009) and Dag Terje Andersen , Minister of Labor, who was appointed in June 2008 . While serving at the Ministry of Justice, she was involved in what the Norwegian press dubbed the hijab affair . The ministry decided in early 2009 that Muslim women police officers could wear the hijab , but reversed this decision under public pressure. According to a report from the state broadcasting company NRK , which she did not comment on , Hadia Tajik made the original decision together with State Secretary Astri Aas-Hansen.

In October 2008, the Oslo branch of the Arbeiderpartiet nominated her for the parliamentary election in Norway, which is due one year later . She received the sixth place on the list, which is considered safe, replacing the initially planned politician Saera Khan , who had recently given up her candidacy due to a political scandal. In the election on September 14, 2009, Tajik won a seat in the Storting, as expected . She was then a member of the Church, Education and Research Committee of Parliament and was also a member of the election committee.

Hadia Tajik narrowly escaped the attack on Utøya in July 2011 . She had left the island together with long-time Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland shortly before the arrival of the assassin Anders Behring Breivik .

On September 21, 2012, Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg appointed her Minister of Culture of Norway at the age of 29, making her the youngest cabinet member in the country's history. After the parliamentary elections in autumn 2013 , the conservative politician Thorhild Widvey replaced her in this role. In 2013, Tajik took over the chairmanship of the Storting's judicial committee.

In April 2015 the Arbeiderpartiet elected her as deputy chairman. As head of her party's program commission, she presented the Social Democrats' party program for the period from 2017 to 2021 in February 2017. She has been Deputy Head of the Finance Committee in Parliament since 2017.

At the turn of the year 2017/18 she gained attention when she a. on her Facebook page spoke out clearly against her party colleague Trond Giske , who was accused at the time of having behaved inappropriately towards several women. While some party members thanked her for her clear stance, others accused her of wanting to gain political benefit from the affair and of weakening the position of the party leader, Jonas Gahr Støre, who was actually responsible for dealing with the case .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dette he den nye culture minister - Hadia Tajik Aftenposten, September 21, 2012
  2. ^ A Muslim for Norway taz, September 24, 2012
  3. ↑ a b c d e Tajik, Hadia (1983—) www.stortinget.no (accessed on September 26, 2012)
  4. ↑ Storberget visste ikke om hijab-vedtak NRK, February 18, 2009
  5. ↑ Hun blir historiens yngste statsråd TV 2, September 21, 2012
  6. ↑ Hadia Tajik overtar plassen til Khan Verdens Gang, 14. October 2008
  7. ↑ Forlot Utøya - havnet midt i Katastrofen i Oslo sentrum Aftenposten 25 July, 2011.
  8. ↑ Her er Støres nye mannskap NRK, April 18, 2015
  9. ↑ Her er Arbeiderpartiets partiprogram for 2017-2021 Nettavisen, February 6, 2017
  10. ↑ Splittet om Hadias håndtering Dagbladet, February 16, 2018

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SURNAME Tajik, Hadia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian journalist, lawyer and politician, member of the Storting
DATE OF BIRTH July 18, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Bjørheimsbygd, Strand Municipality , Rogaland Province , Norway