Janne Haaland Matláry Explained

Honorific Prefix:Professor Dame
Janne Haaland Matláry
Birth Name:Janne Haaland
Birth Date:27 April 1957
Nationality:Norwegian
Discipline:Political science
Workplaces:University of Oslo

Dame Janne Haaland Matláry (born 27 April 1957) is a Norwegian political scientist, writer, and politician, who formerly represented the Christian Democratic Party. Since 2012 she has been a member of the Conservative Party. She is Professor of international politics at the University of Oslo, and served as State Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1997–2000.

Life and career

She claimed the Christian democratic ideology was incompatible with the socialist ideology.[1] [2]

She spoke at the Humanum interreligious colloquium, in 2014. The event, held at the Vatican, was centered on discussions of marriage and the family.[3]

Affiliations

She is a member of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace and of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, and a consultor of the Pontifical Council for the Family. In 2001 she was made a Dame in the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.[4] [5] She is also member of IESE's International Advisory Board (IAB).[6]

Family

Janne Haaland is married to Dr. Matláry, a physician of Hungarian origin who came to Norway as a refugee. The couple has four children.[7]

Writings

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/norsk-politikk/artikkel.php?artid=10040065 Matlary melder seg ut av KrF i protest
  2. NTB: Sikter mot toppverv i Høyre, 1 August 2012
  3. Web site: Humanum.it.
  4. Web site: Universitetets første Dame.
  5. Web site: Janne H. Matlary . www.pass.va . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121115105946/http://www.pass.va/content/scienzesociali/en/academicians/ordinary/matlary.html . 2012-11-15.
  6. https://www.iese.edu/about/leadership/ Members of IESE's International Advisory Board
  7. Hjørdis Ånestad Tiltnes:"Tyngdepunktet - Springende om å bli katolikk" Stavanger Aftenblad, 18 October 2002