Jøran Kallmyr

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Jøran Kallmyr
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Minister of Justice
In office
29 March 2019 – 24 January 2020
Prime MinisterErna Solberg
Preceded byTor Mikkel Wara
Succeeded byMonica Mæland
State Secretary for the Ministry of Justice and Public Security
In office
17 October 2015 – 19 February 2016
Prime MinisterErna Solberg
MinisterAnders Anundsen
Oslo City Commissioner for Transport and the Environment
In office
25 February 2009 – 26 September 2011
Governing MayorErling Lae
Stian Berger Røsland
Preceded byPeter N. Myhre
Succeeded byOla Elvestuen
Personal details
Born
Jøran André Smedal Kallmyr

(1978-04-15) 15 April 1978 (age 43)
Fræna, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
NationalityNorwegian
Political partyProgress
Spouse(s)Torunn Smedal Kallmyr
OccupationJurist
Politician

Jøran André Smedal Kallmyr (born 15 April 1978) is a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party[1] who served as Minister of Justice from 2019 to 2020.

Early life[]

Kallmyr was born on 15 April 1978 in Fræna in Møre og Romsdal.[2]

Career[]

He served as State Secretary in the Ministry of Justice and Public Security from 2015 to 2016.[3]

Kallmyr was appointed Minister of Justice and Immigration in Solberg's Cabinet from 29 March 2019,[1][4] becoming the fifth Justice Minister in the Solberg Cabinet. He was succeeded by Monica Mæland as justice minister in January 2020 after his party had decided to withdraw from the cabinet over a dispute regarding a Muslim woman with a sick child being brought home from Syria. Kallmyr himself supported his party's decision to withdraw from the cabinet.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Kallmyr, Jøran (1978-)". stortinget.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  2. ^ Ruud, Solveig; Staveland, Lars Inge (29 March 2019). "Jøran Kallmyr blir ny justisminister". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Biografier. Jøran Kallmyr" (in Norwegian). Norsk samfunnsvitenskapelig datatjeneste. Archived from the original on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  4. ^ "Jøran Kallmyr blir ny justisminister". NRK (in Norwegian). Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  5. ^ "This Is Solberg's Cabinet 4.0". NRK. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
Political offices
Preceded by Oslo City Commissioner for Transport, the Environment and Enterprise
2009–2011
Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of Justice
2019–2020
Succeeded by


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