Anne Beathe Tvinnereim

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Anne Beathe Tvinnereim
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Minister of International Development
Assumed office
14 October 2021
Prime MinisterJonas Gahr Støre
Preceded byDag Inge Ulstein
Minister of Nordic Cooperation
Assumed office
14 October 2021
Prime MinisterJonas Gahr Støre
Preceded byJan Tore Sanner
Second Deputy Leader of the Centre Party
Assumed office
7 April 2014
LeaderTrygve Slagsvold Vedum
Preceded byTrygve Slagsvold Vedum
State Secretary for the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development
In office
14 February 2011 – 16 October 2013
Acting: 14 February 2011 – 19 October 2012
Prime MinisterJens Stoltenberg
MinisterLiv Signe Navarsete
Personal details
Born
Anne Beathe Kristiansen

(1974-05-22) 22 May 1974 (age 47)
Halden, Østfold, Norway
NationalityNorwegian
Political partyCentre
Children2
OccupationPolitician
Diplomat

Anne Beathe Tvinnereim (née Kristiansen; born 22 May 1974) is a Norwegian diplomat and politician of the Centre Party.[1] She has served as minister of international development since 2021, and the party’s second deputy leader since 2014.

Career[]

Born in Halden,[1] Tvinnereim has studied political science at the University of Costa Rica and the University of Oslo.[2] From 2000–2002 she was leader of the Centre Youth, and she was political advisor for the Centre Party's parliamentarians at the Storting from 2002–2005.[1] She has been assigned as secretary at the Norwegian embassy in Maputo, Mozambique (2007–2011).[1] From 2006 to 2011 she was political adviser in the Ministry of Transport and Communications. She served as State Secretary in the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development from February 2011 to October 2013.[2] In 2014 she was elected second deputy leader of the Centre Party.[1]

Minister of International Development[]

On 14 October 2021, she was appointed minister of international development in Støre's Cabinet.[3]

When John-Arne Røttingen was elected to be one of the ten international members of the National Academy of Medicine, Tvinnereim issued her congratulations, saying: “It is nice to be able to congratulate Røttingen on this membership. We see that an important part of the solution to the global health challenges lies in international research collaboration. Norway has high confidence and the opportunity to act on complex global health issues. This appointment shows that we have the expertise it requires to continue the Norwegian commitment in global health and make a difference”.[4]

Tvinnereim and the government announced an increased priority for food safety and smaller farmers in the south in the development budget. Tvinnereim stated that the government wanted to prioritise the environment and food a lot more then the previous government, and that the fight against hunger was a number one priority.[5]

On 9 December, Tvinnereim announced that Norway would enter an agreement with the World Food Programme to support locally produced school food in Ethiopia, Malawi and Niger. She went on to say: “Something as simple as a meal at school has countless ripple effects both for children's development and for local communities. We see that more people go to school when they get food. I'm very happy to sign the agreement with the World Food Program today. Norway contributes with 50 million NOK to school food programs in three countries, and to strengthen WFP's cooperation with the African Union on this important work”.[6]

On 16 December, a proposal to establish a new UNICEF office in Oslo was voted down in the Storting. Liberal Party leader Guri Melby criticised the government for removing help to “the most vulnerable of the vulnerable”. Tvinnereim denied that there was a partisan issue, and stated that “the government reserves the right to adjust the instruments we use“. She also said believed “it is a wrong use of development assistance funds to allocate half a billion kroner over ten years to manage a center in Oslo”.[7]

At the annual Norad conference on 25 January 2022, Tvinnereim spoke critically of food safety. She announced that the government would spend the next year and a half to prioritise and work with said investment. She also emphasised how the issue effects smaller and poorer producers, and that she looked forward to enter dialog with civil society organisations and other actors about the issue for the next coming months.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e Tvedt, Knut Are. "Anne Beathe Tvinnereim". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Tidligere statssekretær Anne Beathe Tvinnereim (Sp)". regjeringen.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Norge har fått ny regjering" (in Norwegian). NRK. 14 October 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Norges globale helseambassadør valgt inn i det amerikanske medisinske vitenskapsakademiet" (in Norwegian). government.no. 18 October 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Regjeringen foreslår en halv milliard ekstra i bistand til småbønder i sør" (in Norwegian). ABC Nyheter. 5 November 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Skolemat skal gi bedre læring og næring" (in Norwegian). government.no. 9 December 2021. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  7. ^ "Protesterte da UNICEFs nye Oslo-kontor ble skrotet: – Kan hjelpe de mest sårbare av de sårbare" (in Norwegian). Avisa Oslo. 16 December 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  8. ^ "– Ny norsk storsatsing på matsikkerhet" (in Norwegian). Bistandsaktuelt. 25 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
Government offices
Preceded by Minister of International Development
2021–present 		Incumbent
Preceded by Minister of Nordic Cooperation
2021–present
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