Geir Pollestad
Geir Pollestad (born 13 August 1978) is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party.
Geir Pollestad | |
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| Member of the Storting | |
| Assumed office 1 October 2013 | |
| Constituency | Rogaland |
| State Secretary at the Ministry of Transport | |
| In office 28 September 2012 – 30 September 2013 | |
| Prime Minister | Jens Stoltenberg |
| Minister | Marit Arnstad |
| In office 8 October 2008 – 30 September 2009 | |
| Prime Minister | Jens Stoltenberg |
| Minister | Liv Signe Navarsete |
| State Secretary at the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy | |
| In office 20 June 2008 – 8 October 2008 | |
| Prime Minister | Jens Stoltenberg |
| Minister | Terje Riis-Johansen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 August 1978 Hå, Rogaland, Norway |
| Political party | Centre |
Early life and education
Hailing from Høyland in Hå, Pollestad took lower secondary education in Nærbø and upper secondary education in Bryne, finishing in 1997. After one year at Stavanger University College he enrolled in law studies at the University of Bergen, graduating with the cand.jur. degree in 2006. During his last year of studying he was a board member of the Student Welfare Organisation in Bergen. After graduation, he worked one year as a junior solicitor in the law firm Projure Advokatfirma.[1][2]
Political career
Early career
Pollestad was the political deputy leader of the Centre Youth from 2001 to 2003, and vice president of Nordiska Centerungdomens Förbund from 2003 to 2009.
Parliament
He served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Rogaland during the term 2001–2005, then from Hordaland during the term 2005–2009 and again from Rogaland during the term 2009–2013.
He resigned as state secretary in October 2013, as he won a regular seat in Parliament in the 2013 general election.[1]
Despite media reports stating that Pollestad was a relevant candidate for minister of agriculture or minister of trade and industry in the new government following the 2021 election, Pollestad was eventually not chosen to become a minister. Instead, he was elected the party's deputy parliamentary leader.[3][4]
After Sigbjørn Gjelsvik was appointed minister of local government, Pollestad became his successor as the party's financial spokesperson on 27 April 2022.[5]
On 31 January 2023, he became acting chair of the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs during Eigil Knutsen's leave.[6]
Stoltenberg's cabinet
In 2007, during the reign of Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet, Pollestad was appointed political advisor in the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development. In late 2007 he changed to the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy. In 2008, he was promoted to State Secretary in the same ministry. He served until October 2009, when he returned to Parliament, where he was a regular representative while Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa served in cabinet (until June 2012).[1] In September 2012 he returned as State Secretary, this time in the Ministry of Transport and Communications.[7]
References
- "Geir Pollestad" (in Norwegian). Storting.
- "Tidligere Statssekretær Geir Pollestad" (in Norwegian). Government.no. 21 September 2007.
- "Ny kabal: Dette kan bli Støres statsråder" (in Norwegian). Nettavisen. 1 October 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- "Pollestad og Gjelsvik ikke en del av regjeringen" (in Norwegian). TV 2 . 13 October 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
- "Senterpartiets Pollestad overtar som finanspolitiske talsmann" (in Norwegian). ABC Nyheter. 27 April 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
- "Pollestad er ny leder av finanskomiteen" (in Norwegian). Adresseavisen. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
- "Statssekretær Geir Pollestad" (in Norwegian). Government.no. 28 September 2012.