Nikolai Astrup (politician)

Nikolai Astrup (2012)

Nikolai Astrup (born June 12, 1978 in Oslo ) is a Norwegian politician of the conservative Høyre party . From January 2018 to January 2019 he was Development Minister, from January 2019 to January 2020 he was Minister for Digitization . Since January 2020 he has been Minister of Local Government and Modernization in the Solberg government .

Life

Origin and education

Nikolai Astrup is the son of Vibeke Astrup and the Norwegian entrepreneur and Høyre member Eivind Astrup. Until 1994 he attended schools in Oslo, then he went to the private Swiss boarding school Le Rosey until 1995 . In 1997 he graduated from school in Norway with the International Baccalaureate . In 2000 he obtained a bachelor's degree in international relations and in 2005 a master's degree in European Politics and Governance at the London School of Economics . Between 2001 and 2008 he was editor of the Norwegian political journal Minerva , and from 2005 to 2006 he was also a research assistant at the London School of Economics.

Political career

From 2002 to 2004 Astrup was chairman of the youth party Unge Høyre in Oslo. Between 2006 and 2008 he served as political advisor to the Høyre Group. From 2008 to 2012 he was vice chairman of his party in Oslo, in 2012 he became both first chairman in Oslo and a member of the national party leadership.

In the parliamentary elections in 2009 Astrup moved into the Norwegian parliament, the Storting . Since then he has represented the constituency of Oslo. From 2009 to 2015 he sat on the Energy and Environment Committee, from 2013 he was its deputy chairman. From January 2016 to September 2017 he was chairman of the transport committee and from October 2017 to January 2018 of the finance committee. Astrup served as his party's deputy parliamentary group leader from 2013 to January 2018 .

In January 2018 , after the formation of the new government, he was appointed Minister for Development Aid, after the renewed government upheaval, he moved to the Ministry of Municipalities and Modernization in January 2019 , although he was minister of digitization there. On January 24, 2020, he was promoted to Minister for Municipalities and Modernization, as which he now heads the ministry.

Private

Astrup is married and has three children. He is one of the richest politicians in Norway. He holds about 25% of the shares in the investment company Pactum , which his father founded.

Political positions

During his time as chairman of the conservative youth party in Oslo, Astrup suggested in 2003 that heroin be distributed to drug addicts in Oslo in order to combat prostitution, among other things . He also spoke out in favor of paying social benefits only in the home communities and not at the place of residence , in order to curb the influx of drug addicts to Oslo. In 2017 Astrup's party incorporated the proposal into its party program.

In November 2018, some politicians and academics called for an end to financial support for Tanzania after a mass arrest of gays and lesbians took place there. Astrup, who was development minister at the time, declined, believing that it would worsen the situation: the deletion would mainly harm the poor and thus only increase hatred against members of the LGBT community. In addition, a large part of the money would go to human rights organizations and not to the state of Tanzania itself.

Web links

Commons : Nikolai Astrup - collection of images, videos and audio files

Storting biography (Norwegian)
Government site biography (Norwegian)

Individual evidence

^ Tore Gjerstad: Unge Høyre får søkkrik leather. October 5, 2002, accessed April 16, 2019 (Norwegian).
↑ Kommunal-og moderniseringsdepartementet: Digitaliseringsminister Nikolai Astrup. January 22, 2019, accessed April 16, 2019 (Norwegian).
↑ Han er nesten like rik som resten av Stortinget tilsammen. In: Verdens Gang. Retrieved April 16, 2019 (Norwegian).
↑ Sofie Gran Aspunvik: Stortingets rikeste får ansvar for de aller fattigste. NRK, January 17, 2018, accessed April 16, 2019 (Norwegian Bokmål).
^ Trond J. Strøm Journalist / researcher: Utviklingsministerens formue økte med nesten 30 millioner. Retrieved April 16, 2019 (nb-NO).
↑ Vil send narcotics hjem. In: Verdens Gang. Retrieved April 16, 2019 (Norwegian).
↑ Kirsten Karlsen, Arnhild Aass Kristiansen: Historisk snuoperasjon: Høyre vedtok forsøk med gratis heroin. March 11, 2017, Retrieved April 16, 2019 (Norwegian).
↑ Inger Lise Hammerstrøm: Angrepene på homo file i Tanzania he ment å distrahere fra og nettsensur undertrykkelse, mener forsker. In: Aftenposten. November 10, 2018, accessed on April 16, 2019 (Norwegian Bokmål).

personal data
SURNAME	Astrup, Nikolai
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Astrup, Nikolai Eivindssøn (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Norwegian politician
DATE OF BIRTH	June 12, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH	Oslo

[1] Tore Gjerstad: Unge Høyre får søkkrik leather. October 5, 2002, accessed April 16, 2019 (Norwegian).

[2] Kommunal-og moderniseringsdepartementet: Digitaliseringsminister Nikolai Astrup. January 22, 2019, accessed April 16, 2019 (Norwegian).

[3] Han er nesten like rik som resten av Stortinget tilsammen. In: Verdens Gang. Retrieved April 16, 2019 (Norwegian).

[4] Sofie Gran Aspunvik: Stortingets rikeste får ansvar for de aller fattigste. NRK, January 17, 2018, accessed April 16, 2019 (Norwegian Bokmål).

[5] Trond J. Strøm Journalist / researcher: Utviklingsministerens formue økte med nesten 30 millioner. Retrieved April 16, 2019 (nb-NO).

[6] Vil send narcotics hjem. In: Verdens Gang. Retrieved April 16, 2019 (Norwegian).

[7] Kirsten Karlsen, Arnhild Aass Kristiansen: Historisk snuoperasjon: Høyre vedtok forsøk med gratis heroin. March 11, 2017, Retrieved April 16, 2019 (Norwegian).

[8] Inger Lise Hammerstrøm: Angrepene på homo file i Tanzania he ment å distrahere fra og nettsensur undertrykkelse, mener forsker. In: Aftenposten. November 10, 2018, accessed on April 16, 2019 (Norwegian Bokmål).