Martin Kolberg

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Martin Kolberg, 2010
Photo: Magnus Fröderberg

Martin Kolberg (born February 24, 1949 in Drammen ) is a Norwegian politician of the social democratic Arbeiderpartiet (Ap). From July 1995 to October 1997 he was State Secretary , from 2001 to 2009 party secretary and since 2009 he has been a member of parliament in Storting .

Life

Kolberg attended the electrical vocational school and he later began studying at the Technical University in Oslo . From 1971 to 1979 he sat in the local parliament of Lier . From 1973 he worked in the central office of his party. From 1977 to 1981 he served as secretary of the youth organization Arbeidernes Ungdomsfylking (AUF), later from 1986 to 1992 he was the office manager at the Arbeiderpartiet headquarters. On July 13, 1995 he was appointed State Secretary in the State Chancellery, the Statsministerenskontor . He stayed there until the end of October 1996 and Kolberg then took over the post of State Secretary in the Ministry of Defense until October 17, 1997 . He served as party secretary of the Arbeiderpartiet between 2001 and 2009.

In the parliamentary elections in 2009 Kolberg first moved into the Norwegian national parliament in Storting . Previously, in October 2001, he represented Thorbjørn Jagland , who had to suspend his mandate as a member of the government. There he represents the constituency of Buskerud and he was initially a member of the Control and Constitutional Committee, where he acted as second deputy chairman. After the 2013 election , he became the chairman of the committee. Following the 2017 election , he moved to the Foreign and Defense Committee. In the period from October 2009 to September 2013 he served as deputy chairman of the Arbeiderpartiet group.

In May 2020 he announced that he did not want to run again for a mandate in Storting in the 2021 parliamentary election .

Web links

Commons : Martin Kolberg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Martin Kolberg (Ap) tar ikke gjenvalg til Stortinget. In: Aftenposten. May 18, 2020, accessed August 15, 2020 (Norwegian).
personal data
SURNAME Kolberg, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian politician
DATE OF BIRTH February 24, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Drammen