Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen

Defence Minister (Labour Party)

Born 1949.
Married. Two children.
Appointed Defence Minister on 17 October 2005.

Computer engineer. Twenty years private and public sector experience in computers and information technology in the fields of system development and management. Commissioner, City of Bergen, since 2003.

Political positions:
Date	Position
1991 - 2005	Member of Bergen City Council
1991 - 2000	Member of the Executive Board, Bergen City Council
1992	Deputy Leader of the Labour Party in Bergen
1995 - 1998	Councillor and Chairman of the Principal Committee on Schools, City of Bergen
1997 - 1999	Leader of Hordaland Labour Party
1998 - 1999	Deputy Mayor, City of Bergen
1998 - 1999	Chairman of the Committee on Leisure and Culture, City of Bergen
1998 - 2000	Chairman of the Board of Directors, Bergen City of Culture 2000
1999 - 2001	President of the Organization of World Heritage Cities (OWHC)
1999 - June 2000	Mayor, City of Bergen
June 2000 - October 2003	Chief Commissioner of the City of Bergen following introduction of the parliamentary system of city government
2001 -	Member of Labour Party Central Council
October 2003 - 2005	Councillor and Chairman of the Standing Committee on Environmental Affairs and Urban Development for the City of Bergen