Geir-Inge Sivertsen Explained

Geir-Inge Sivertsen
Office:Mayor of Senja Municipality
Term Start:26 October 2023
Deputy:Marit Stubberud Hanssen
Predecessor:Tom-Rune Eliseussen
Office2:Minister of Fisheries and Seafood
Term Start2:24 January 2020
Term End2:2 March 2020
Primeminister2:Erna Solberg
Predecessor2:Harald T. Nesvik
Successor2:Odd Emil Ingebrigtsen
Office3:State Secretary for the Ministry of Trade and Fisheries
Term Start3:4 November 2019
Term End3:24 January 2020
Minister3:Torbjørn Røe Isaksen
Primeminister3:Erna Solberg
Office4:Mayor of Lenvik Municipality
Term Start4:2011
Term End4:2019
Predecessor4:Martin Ness
Successor4:None
Birth Date:29 August 1965
Party:Conservative
Nationality:Norwegian
Alma Mater:Norwegian Institute of Technology
Occupation:Politician
Engineer

Geir-Inge Sivertsen (born 29 August 1965) is a Norwegian engineer and politician for the Conservative Party.[1] He is currently the mayor of Senja since 2023. He served as minister of fisheries from January to March 2020, and previously served as mayor of Lenvik from 2011 to 2019.

Personal life and education

Sivertsen hails from Finnsnes, and graduated as engineer from the Norwegian Institute of Technology.

Political career

Local politics

Sivertsen served as mayor of Lenvik Municipality from 2011 until its dissolution in 2019.[2]

He was the mayoral candidate for the Conservative Party in Senja Municipality in the 2023 local elections.[3] After lengthy negotiations following the election, the Conservatives formed a majority with the Labour Party and Centre Party, with Sivertsen as mayor and Labour's Marit Stubberud Hanssen as deputy mayor.[4] Both he and Stubberud Hanssen assumed office on 26 October.[5]

Parliament

He was elected deputy member of the Storting for Troms in 2005, and served until 2009, before being re-elected in 2017 and served until 2021. During this time, he also served as State Secretary for the Ministry of Trade and Fisheries from 2019 to 2020.

Minister of Fisheries

From January to March 2020, Sivertsen served as the Minister of Fisheries in Erna Solberg's cabinet.[6]

He resigned on 2 March after controversy surrounding his severance prior to becoming minister.[7] Sivertsen had received double salary after taking over as Minister of Fisheries, by applying for and getting severance pay after his tenure as Mayor of Lenvik had ended.[8] Labour minister Torbjørn Røe Isaksen succeeded him as acting minister[9] until the appointment of Odd Emil Ingebrigtsen as his permanent successor on 13 March.[10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sivertsen, Geir Inge (1965-) . stortinget.no . Norwegian . 24 January 2020.
  2. Encyclopedia: Geir-Inge Sivertsen . Knut Are . Tvedt . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no. 24 January 2020.
  3. Web site: Simonsen . Maria Holm . 2022-11-30 . (+) Nå er Senja Høyre ferdig med nominasjonen — se valglista her . 2022-12-10 . folkebladet.no . no.
  4. Web site: Tidligere fiskeriminister blir ordfører i Senja . NRK Troms og Finnmark . 9 October 2023 . 16 October 2023 . no.
  5. Web site: Får etterlønn — men det skjedde ikke uten kamp . Folkebladet . 26 October 2023 . 30 October 2023 . no.
  6. Web site: Slik er Solberg-regjeringen 4.0 . . 24 January 2020 . 24 January 2020 . no.
  7. Web site: Fiskeriministeren ber om å få gå av . . 28 February 2020 . 28 February 2020 . no.
  8. Web site: Presset øker mot fiskeriminister Geir Inge Sivertsen etter nye avsløringer: – Usmakelig forskjellsbehandling av folk . ABC Nyheter . 24 February 2020 . 24 February 2020 . no.
  9. Web site: Torbjørn Røe Isaksen tar midlertidig over som fiskerminister . . no . 2 March 2020 . 2 March 2020.
  10. Web site: Guri Melby (V) ny kunnskapsminister og Odd Emil Ingebrigtsen ny fiskerminister . . 13 March 2020 . 13 March 2020 . no.

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