Hanne Harlem | |
Office: | Norwegian Parliamentary Ombudsman |
Term Start: | 1 February 2020 |
Predecessor: | Aage Thor Falkanger |
Office2: | Minister of Justice and the Police |
Term Start2: | 17 March 2000 |
Term End2: | 19 October 2001 |
Primeminister2: | Jens Stoltenberg |
Predecessor2: | Odd Einar Dørum |
Successor2: | Odd Einar Dørum |
Term Start3: | 1 January 1992 |
Term End3: | 1 September 1993 |
1Blankname3: | Governing Mayor |
1Namedata3: | Rune Gerhardsen |
Predecessor3: | Robert Wright |
Successor3: | Gro Balas |
Birth Date: | 20 November 1964 |
Birth Place: | Oslo, Norway |
Party: | Labour |
Spouse: | Sam E. Harris |
Children: | 3 |
Hanne Harlem (born 20 November 1964) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She was personal secretary to Minister of Family and Consumer Affairs in 1990, personal secretary to the Minister of Children and Family Affairs in 1991 and Minister of Justice from 2000 to 2001, in Jens Stoltenberg's first cabinet.
In October 2019, she was nominated to become the next Parliamentary Ombudsman. She assumed office on 1 February 2020.[1]
She is a daughter of Gudmund Harlem and sister of former Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland. She is married to lawyer Sam E. Harris, with whom she has three children.[2]