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NORWEGEN

Ministry for Culture Minister of Culture

Hadia TAJIK

Born on 18 July 1983, Strand, ,

Work Experience 2012 Minister of Culture in ’s second Government, appointed 21 September 2012 2009-2013 Member of the Norwegian Parliament, the Standing Committee on Education, Research and Church Affairs 2009 Political Adviser, Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion 2008-2009 Acting political adviser, Ministry of Justice 2008 Acting political adviser, Office of the Prime Minister 2006-2008 Political adviser, Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion 2001-2006 Journalist and commentator, including for the national newspapers VG, and Morgenbladet

Education 2005-2012 Law degree, University of 2004-2006 MA, Human Rights, , London 2001-2004 BA, Journalism and Television Production, Stavanger University College

Languages Good command of English, Urdu and Dari. Some German

Book 2001 Editor of the anthology Svart på Hvitt (In Black and White), Tiden Norsk Forlag

Contributing Author 2009 Hvem snakker for Bob Kåre? (Who speaks on behalf of Bob Kåre), in the anthology Mangfold eller Enfold (Diversity or Simplicity), Aschehoug Forlag, edited by former Ministry of Culture 2007 Åpne sinn (Open Minds) in Kulturhovedstadboken Stavanger 2008 (The book about Stavanger as European Capital of Culture 2008), pp. 128-131, Press Forlag 2005 En rød pille (A Red Pill), pp. 163-167 in the anthology I journalistikkens tjeneste (In the Service of Journalism) by Ivar Andenæs (ed.), IJ-forlaget Current Offices held Chair, ’s Welfare Committee Member, Labour Party’s Programme Committee for the 2013-2017 programme Member, Executive Committee for the Labour Party’s women’s network, the Oslo branch

Former Offices held 2011-2012 Member, National Executive Committee for the Labour Party’s women’s network 2010-2011 Member, Labour Party’s Committee for social inclusion 2009-2011 Board member, International Forum, Oslo Labour Party 2008-2010 Member, Executive Committee, Labour, Youth, League 2007-2009 Member, Committee for community and higher education, Language Council of Norway 2007-2009 Member, Programme Committee, Labour Party 2001-2003 Deputy Chair, Rogaland Labour Youth League 1999-2002 Chair, Strand Labour Youth League