Ola Elvestuen

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Ola Elvestuen
Ola Elvestuen på Sentralbanksjefens årstale 2018 (175155).jpg
Elvestuen in 2018.
Minister of the Environment
In office
17 January 2018 – 24 January 2020
Prime MinisterErna Solberg
Preceded byVidar Helgesen
Succeeded bySveinung Rotevatn
First Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party
In office
14 April 2012 – 26 September 2020
LeaderTrine Skei Grande
Preceded byHelge Solum Larsen
Succeeded bySveinung Rotevatn
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 October 2013
ConstituencyOslo
Second Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party
In office
13 April 2008 – 14 April 2012
LeaderLars Sponheim
Trine Skei Grande
Succeeded byTerje Breivik
Oslo City Commissioner for Transport and the Environment
In office
24 October 2011 – 1 October 2013
Governing MayorStian Berger Røsland
Preceded byJøran Kallmyr
Succeeded byGuri Melby
Personal details
Born (1967-10-09) 9 October 1967 (age 54)
Vestre Toten, Norway
Political partyLiberal
Spouse(s)Greta Elvestuen[1]

Ola Elvestuen (born 9 October 1967) is a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party who served as Minister of Climate and the Environment from 2018 to 2020.

Elvestuen was a member of the Norwegian Parliament from Oslo for the 2013–2017 term, and served as leader of the Energy and the Environment Committee since 2013.

Prior to this, he served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Oslo during the terms 2001–2005, 2005–2009 and 2009–2013.[2] On the local level Elvestuen is a member of Oslo city council, and served as city commissioner for public transport and environmental affairs from 2011 until his election to Parliament in 2013. In 2008 he became second deputy leader of his party, and then first deputy in 2012, which he was until 2020.[3][4]

He is a younger brother of illustrator Per Elvestuen.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ "Elvestuen nominated for a prize. By his wife" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. 18 August 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Ola Elvestuen" (in Norwegian). Storting.
  3. ^ "Ola Elvestuen Nestleder i Venstre: Stortingsrepresentant (Oslo) Leder i Energi- og miljøkomiteen". venstre. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  4. ^ "New Liberal party leadership trio: -Don't disappoint us" (in Norwegian). VG. 26 September 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  5. ^ Reisegg, Øyvind (2007). "Per Elvestuen". In Henriksen, Petter (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 15 June 2010.

Political offices
Preceded by
Vidar Helgesen
 Minister of the Environment
2018–2020 		Succeeded by
Sveinung Rotevatn
Preceded by Oslo City Commissioner for Transport and the Environment
2011–2013 		Succeeded by
Guri Melby


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