Geir Barvik | |
Office: | Director-General of the Directorate of Integration and Diversity |
Term Start: | 2010 |
Term End: | 2016 |
Predecessor: | Osmund Kaldheim |
Successor: | Libe Rieber-Mohn |
Office2: | Managing Director of the Norwegian State Housing Bank |
Term Start2: | 2001 |
Term End2: | 2010 |
Predecessor2: | Lars Wilhelmsen |
Successor2: | Bård Øistensen |
Birth Date: | 19 May 1958 |
Birth Place: | Bø, Telemark |
Nationality: | Norwegian |
Geir Barvik (born 19 May 1958, in Bø, Telemark) is a Norwegian civil servant. He served as Managing Director of the Norwegian State Housing Bank from 2001 to 2010 and as Director-General of the Directorate of Integration and Diversity from 2010 to 2016. From 2016 he is a Director in the Ministry of Justice and Public Security.
Barvik worked at the Norwegian State Housing Bank and in the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development, where he was a Principal Officer from 1991, Assistant Director General from 1992 and Deputy Director General from 1994.
He was appointed as Managing Director of the Norwegian State Housing Bank by the King-in-Council in 2001, and held the position until 2010.[1] In 2010 he was appointed by the King-in-Council as the Director General of the Directorate of Integration and Diversity.[2] In 2016 he was succeeded by Libe Rieber-Mohn.[3]
Barvik grew up in Bø, Telemark, and lives in Asker. He is married and has two children.[4] He was formerly a member of the Socialist Left Party, but quit the party due to its opposition to the EU in the early 1990s.[5]