Jan Christian Vestre

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Jan Christian Vestre
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Minister of Trade and Industry
Assumed office
14 October 2021
Prime MinisterJonas Gahr Støre
Preceded byIselin Nybø
Political advisor for the Minister of Trade and Industry
In office
3 June 2013 – 16 October 2013
MinisterTrond Giske
Personal details
Born (1986-10-09) 9 October 1986 (age 35)
Haugesund, Rogaland, Norway[1]
NationalityNorwegian
Political partyLabour
OccupationBusinessperson
Politician

Jan Christian Vestre (born 9 October 1986) is a Norwegian businessperson in the furniture industry, and politician for the Labour Party. He has served as Minister of Trade and Industry since 2021.

Personal life and education[]

Vestre was born in Haugesund on 9 October 1986. He graduated in jurisprudence from the University of Oslo in 2017.[1]

Business career[]

Vestre worked as a designer and manager in his family's furniture company, Vestre AS, and won an Entrepreneur of The Year award in 2019.[2]

He took over the leadership of his family’s furniture company at the age of 26, following the death of his father.[3]

Political career[]

During his youth, Vestre was a member of the Workers' Youth League, and was present at the summer camp on Utøya when Anders Behring Breivik attacked it. He escaped barefoot and ran along the shore, despite bleeding, he never noticed his injuries, and held out for an hour before being rescued.[4]

Vestre served as a political advisor to then Minister of Trade and Industry Trond Giske, from June to October 2013.

Minister of Trade and Industry[]

He was appointed Minister of Trade and Industry in Støre's Cabinet on 14 October 2021.[5][1]

Vestre and Minister of Climate and the Environment Espen Barth Eide announced that the government would work actively to cut emissions, with Vestre noting: “I believe that the richest country in the world must be willing to take some greater risks. The shift we are going through now is the biggest change in recent Norwegian history. The problem here in Norway is not that we have taken too much risk. We have rather been too cowardly to point out a direction and do what works. We no longer have time for that”.[6]

Vestre expressed that it is important for Norway to be coordinated with the rest of Europe when it came to decisions about either having standard time permanently or both standard and summer time.[7]

In December, he and fellow ministers Marte Mjøs Persen and Anniken Huitfeldt, and Crown Prince Haakon visited the United States to promote Norwegian interests notably regarding “War, the Arctic, offshore wind, contemporary art and Christmas trees”.[8] However, like Persen, he returned to Norway earlier then planned.[9]

On 14 December, Vestre attended a press conference alongside Trygve Slagsvold Vedum, Hadia Tajik and Anette Trettebergstuen to present the government’s economic COVID-19 measures. In regards to his field of responsibility, Vestre announced that the national compensation scheme for businesses would be extended. Vestre stated: “We expect owners and managers to act responsibly. The government is clear that the COVID-19 support will go to keep people in work, not for the benefit of the owners”.[10]

On 28 December, Vestre expressed that there was no guarantee that measures would be lifted come January 2022. He emphasised with the restaurant service industry, and added that the government saw no other options. He did however state that if the number of cases went down, the government would possibly instigate the process of reopening.[11]

After 100 days in office, Vestre stated that some things he hoped to get done going forwards, would be to possibly buy the state in and up in multiple companies, strengthen climate demands and put a break on executive salaries.[12]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Tvedt, Knut Are. "Jan Christian Vestre". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  2. ^ Haugstad, Tormod (23 February 2020). "Han er kåret til Norges beste vekstskaper. Forbildet er Sam Eyde". Tu.no (in Norwegian). Teknisk Ukeblad. Archived from the original on 14 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Jan Christian overlevde Utøya - så måtte han ta over da faren døde - nå gjør han suksess i USA" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. 29 May 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  4. ^ "To av de nye statsrådene overlevde Utøya: – En seier for demokratiet, mener Støre" (in Norwegian). Fri Fagbevegelse. 14 October 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Støre presenterer Norges nye regjering". nrk.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Regjeringen varsler kraftigere utslippskutt allerede i høst" (in Norwegian). ABC Nyheter. 23 October 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  7. ^ "Har du husket å stille klokken?" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. 31 October 2021. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  8. ^ "Tre statsråder på plass i USA: − Vi har veldig mye å tilby amerikanerne" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. 6 December 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  9. ^ "Senatoren trosset Trump – og har gjenvalg neste år" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. 9 December 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  10. ^ "Utbyttebegrensning for støttemottagere: – Forventer at eiere og ledere opptrer ansvarlig" (in Norwegian). Dagens Næringsliv. 14 December 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  11. ^ "Næringsministeren: Dette skal til for at regjeringen åpner krana i januar" (in Norwegian). TV 2. 28 December 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  12. ^ "Næringsminister i 100 dager: Dette er Vestres planer fremover" (in Norwegian). E24. 22 January 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
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