Trond Giske

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Trond Giske, August 2009

Trond Giske (born November 7, 1966 in Trondheim ) is a Norwegian politician of the social democratic Arbeiderpartiet (Ap). He was the education minister from March 2000 to October 2001, from October 2005 to October 2009 the culture minister and then the economy and trade minister of his country until October 2013.

Political career

Giske studied economics, political science and law at the University of Oslo and the NTNU ( Technical and Natural Sciences University of Norway ), graduating in 1997. From 1992 to 1996 he was the chairman of the youth organization Arbeidernes Ungdomsfylking (AUF). During this time he spoke out against Norway joining the European Union .

Member of Parliament and Minister

In the 1997 parliamentary elections , Giske moved into the Norwegian national parliament in Storting for the first time for the constituency of Sør-Trøndelag . After the change of government in March 2000, he was appointed Minister of Churches, Education and Research in the Jens Stoltenberg I government on March 17, 2000 . He remained in office until the government left on October 19, 2001. In the legislative period between 2001 and 2005 he finally served as deputy chairman in the parliamentary committee for family, culture and administration, and he was also part of the Ap parliamentary group executive committee.

In the elections in 2005 and 2009 he moved back to Storting, but due to his membership in the government he had to suspend his mandate. Giske was Minister for Culture and Church in the second Stoltenberg cabinet from October 17, 2005 to October 20, 2009 and then Minister of Economics and Trade until the change of government on October 16, 2013.

MeToo debate and withdrawal

In 2015 he became deputy chairman of the Arbeiderpartiet, after having been a member of the board from 2000. He had to resign from this position in January 2018. He was accused by several women in the course of the MeToo debate of behaving inappropriately towards them.

In February 2019, the party leadership announced that although it still held the opinion that Giske had violated the guidelines of the Labor Party, he was now allowed to fill all positions in the party again. Shortly afterwards, however, he had to withdraw his candidacy for a leadership position in the Trøndelag Labor Party : the Norwegian newspaper Verdens Gang had published a video in which he can be seen dancing with a young woman, which some interpreted as inappropriate behavior. The public criticism was also directed against the newspaper. Ms. Giske, who can be seen in the video, defended and stated that the publication would have happened without her consent. Verdens gang then publicly apologized to those involved.

In August 2020 it became known that the Trøndelager Arbeiderpartiet's electoral committee had proposed Giske as the new chairman. This news sparked a big debate over whether his comeback would happen too soon. In the Verdens gang, 92 party colleagues reported who described Giske's return to a leading post in the party as a mistake, including members of parliament such as Siri Gåsemyr Staalesen and Tuva Moflag . Eventually new allegations were brought against Giske and he was replaced as a candidate for the office of chairman by a party colleague. On August 28, 2020, he announced that he would not run for a seat in the Storting again in the 2021 parliamentary election .

Private

In 2003 he was the godfather of Ari Behns and Märtha Louise of Norway's eldest daughter Maud Angelica Behn . Giske married the presenter Haddy N'jie in January 2019 .

Web links

Commons : Trond Giske  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Olav Garvik, Knut Are Tvedt: Trond Giske . In: Store norske leksikon . February 26, 2020 ( snl.no [accessed April 27, 2020]).
  2. ↑ Håvard Therkelsen: Store endringer i Ap ledelsen før kommunevalget. In: Dagsavisen. February 10, 2015, accessed February 7, 2019 (Norwegian).
  3. ↑ Dette er Giske-saken. In: Verdens Gang. Retrieved February 7, 2019 (Norwegian).
  4. ↑ Avslutter saken mot Giske and åpner for comeback. Retrieved February 7, 2019 (Norwegian).
  5. ↑ Trond Giske gir opp kampen. In: Dagsavisen. February 22, 2019, accessed March 28, 2019 (Norwegian).
  6. ↑ Giske får ingen verv i fylkesstyret. In: NRK. February 22, 2019, accessed March 28, 2019 (Norwegian Bokmål).
  7. ^ Maria Knoph Vigsnæs: Trond Giske: VG bør beklage. February 22, 2019, accessed on March 28, 2019 (nb-NO).
  8. ↑ Kristian Elster: Kvinnen på Giske-videoen med powerful criticism of VG - PFU vil ha saken. March 20, 2019, accessed on March 28, 2019 (nb-NO).
  9. ↑ VG beklager overfor Trond Giske. In: Stavanger Aftenblad. Retrieved March 28, 2019 (Norwegian).
  10. ↑ Trond Giske risikerer flom av bare stemmer. In: Dagens Næringsliv. August 27, 2020, accessed August 27, 2020 (Norwegian).
  11. ↑ Runa Fjellanger, Bjørn Haugan: 92 Ap-medlemmer ut mot Giske: - Dette foles bargain for oss! In: Verdens Gang. August 27, 2020, accessed on August 27, 2020 (Norwegian Bokmål).
  12. ↑ Pål Karstensen: Giske gir seg på Stortinget: - Jeg kan ikke lenger stå i dette. In: Dagsavisen. August 28, 2020, accessed August 28, 2020 (Norwegian).
  13. ↑ Wibecke Lie: Maud Angelica so søtt da hun ble døpt. In: Dagbladet (Norway) . July 2, 2003, accessed on December 3, 2019 (Norwegian): “Rundt døpefonten sto også foreldrene prinsesse Märtha Louise and Ari Behn and fem av de previous seks fadderne: Kronprins Haakon, Anja Sabrina Bjørshol, Marianne Ulrichsen, Kåre Conradi and Trond Giske . (The parents Princess Märtha Louise and Ari Behn and five of the other six godparents were also around the baptismal font: Crown Prince Haakon , Anja Sabrina Bjørshol, Marianne Ulrichsen, Kåre Conradi and Trond Giske.) "
  14. ↑ Odd Steinar Parr: Trond Giske gifter seg. In: Finansavisen. January 11, 2019, accessed April 27, 2020 (Norwegian).
personal data
SURNAME Giske, Trond
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian social democratic politician, member of the Storting
DATE OF BIRTH November 7, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Trondheim