Kristian Tonning Riise Explained

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Riise, Kristian Tonning . stortinget.no . no . 7 October 2017 .
  2. Web site: ‘MeToo’ claims yet another politician. www.newsinenglish.no. en-US. 2018-01-16.
  3. Pollack . Ester . Allern . Sigurd . Kantola . Anu . Ørsten . Mark . Political Scandals as a Democratic Challenge . International Journal of Communication . 12. 2018. 16.