Kristian Tonning Riise | |
Office1: | Leader of the Young Conservatives |
Term Start1: | 21 June 2014 |
Term End1: | 9 January 2018 |
Predecessor1: | Paul Joakim Sandøy |
Office2: | Member of the Norwegian Parliament |
Term Start2: | 9 October 2017 |
Term End2: | 30 September 2021 |
Constituency2: | Hedmark |
Birth Date: | 27 October 1988 |
Nationality: | Norwegian |
Occupation: | Politician |
Party: | Conservative |
Kristian Tonning Riise (born 27 October 1988) is a Norwegian politician. He was elected as a representative to the Storting for the period 2017 - 2021 for the Conservative Party.[1]
He was elected leader of the Norwegian Young Conservatives in June 2014. However, he resigned in January 2018 after it was revealed that he had sexually assaulted a 16-year old girl.[2] [3]
In 2013, Riise published a book about Hugo Chávez.