Irene Bauer Explained

Irene Bauer
Office1:23rd President of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights
Term Start1:1988
Term End1:1990
Predecessor1:Sigrun Hoel
Successor1:Siri Hangeland
Birth Date:20 March 1945
Nationality:Norwegian
Party:Labour Party
Occupation:civil servant and politician

Irene Bauer (20 March 1945 – 13 June 2016) was a Norwegian senior government official, Labour Party politician and feminist. She served as president of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights from 1988 to 1990.[1] She also served as a political adviser to the Parliamentary Group of the Labour Party and as the (politically appointed) Private Secretary (now known as Political Adviser) to Minister of Trade and Industry Finn Kristensen in 1989.[2] She served as a Director in the Ministry of the Environment from 1997.[3] She has also worked at the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy. She was the mother of the noted comedian Thomas Giertsen.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Elisabeth Lønnå: Stolthet og kvinnekamp: Norsk kvinnesaksforenings historie fra 1913, Gyldendal Norsk Forlag, 1996,
  2. Web site: Olje- og energidepartementet - politisk rådgiver . regjeringen.no . 2006-11-17 . 2013-10-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131005003006/http://www.regjeringen.no/templates/RedaksjonellArtikkel.aspx?id=426614&epslanguage=NO . 2013-10-05 .
  3. Web site: Avdelingsdirektør Irene Bauer . regjeringen.no . 2007-11-29 . 2013-10-01 .
  4. http://www.seher.no/kjendis/thomas-giertsen-i-sorg-87358 Thomas Giertsen i sorg