Julie Remen Midtgarden
Julie Remen Midtgarden | |
|---|---|
| Oslo City Commissioner for Education | |
| Assumed office 25 October 2023 | |
| Governing Mayor | Eirik Lae Solberg |
| Preceded by | Sunniva Holmås Eidsvoll |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 April 1984 Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Alma mater | University of Oslo BI Norwegian Business School |
Julie Remen Midtgarden (born 21 April 1984) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.
Political career
Youth politics
In 2009 she was hired as secretary-general of the Young Conservatives, the youth wing of the Conservative Party.[1]
Government
After the Conservative Party managed to form a cabinet in 2013, Remen was eventually appointed as political adviser for government minister Anniken Hauglie in 2016. They served in the Ministry of Education, with Remen following Hauglie when the latter changed ministry to the Ministry of Ministry of Labour in 2018. Remen left at the end of 2018, only to return to the cabinet, serving as a State Secretary in the Ministry of Education from April 2019 to January 2020.[2]
Local politics
In 2023 she became City Commissioner (byråd) of Education in the Conservative Party's newly formed city government of Oslo.[3]
Civic career
She entered the PR business as an adviser in Burston-Marsteller.[4] In 2021, Remen and fellow young politician Zaineb Al-Samarai were hired by Petter Stordalen to his PR firm Storm Communications.[5]
Personal life
Born in Porsgrunn, she was the students' leader while attending Porsgrunn Upper Secondary School.
She graduated with a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Oslo and an executive master of management degree from the BI Norwegian Business School.[4]
References
- ^ "Til topps i Unge Høyre". Porsgrunns Dagblad (in Norwegian). 13 February 2010.
- ^ "Julie Midtgarden Remen" (in Norwegian). Government.no. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
- ^ Svendsen, Helle Lyng (25 October 2023). "Bekreftet: Dette er det nye byrådet i Oslo". Nettavisen (in Norwegian). MSN. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
- ^ a b "Biografi Julie Remen Midtgarden" (in Norwegian). Oslo Municipality. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
- ^ "Stordalen henter profiler fra Høyre og Arbeiderpartiet". Dagens Næringsliv (in Norwegian). 16 April 2021.