Heikki Eidsvoll Holmås (born 28 June 1972 in Voss) is a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party (SV). He served as Minister of International Development from 2012 to 2013 being the last to serve in the position until Nikolai Astrup in 2018.
Heikki Holmås | |
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| Minister of International Development | |
| In office 23 March 2012 – 16 October 2013 | |
| Prime Minister | Jens Stoltenberg |
| Preceded by | Erik Solheim |
| Succeeded by | Nikolai Atsrup (2018) |
| Member of the Norwegian Parliament | |
| In office 1 October 2001 – 30 September 2017 | |
| Constituency | Oslo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Heikki Eidsvoll Holmås 28 June 1972 Voss, Hordaland, Norway |
| Political party | Socialist Left |
| Parent | Stig Holmås (father) |
| Occupation | Politician |
Personal life
editHolmås is son of librarian/writer Stig Holmås and engineer/textile worker Ingebjørg Monsen.
Heikki Holmås married his wife in 2012.[1] In 2013 his stepfather died in the In Amenas terror attack.[2]
Board game player
editHeikki Holmås is a former Diplomacy player and won the 1994 Norway Championship.[3]
Career
editHe has served as member of the Parliament of Norway, representing Oslo from 2001 – 2012. He previously served as a deputy representative from 1997 – 2001. He is nominated on the top spot on Oslo SV's ballot for the 2013 Norwegian parliamentary election.[4]
Holmås finished upper secondary school at Bergen Cathedral School, in Bergen from 1988 to 1991. Before entering politics, he worked as a waste collection worker in the Municipality of Bergen.[5]
Holmås has been a columnist in both the woman's magazine Kamille and in the left-wing newspaper Klassekampen. He has contributed with an article in a book about climate change, Kan hende det gjelder å redde vår jord – Om venstresiden og klimapolitikken published in Norwegian in 2009 by Manifest.
References
edit- ^ Gunn Kari Heggvik: Heikki Holmås tok med bryllupsgjestene på blåtur VG, 29 September 2012
- ^ NTB: Stefaren til utviklingsministeren drept i Algerie (In Norwegian) NRK, 25 January 2013
- ^ Heikki Holmås in The World Diplomacy Database.
- ^ Martin Herman Wiedswang Zondag: Holmås vant SV-thrilleren NRK, 4 December 2012 (In Norwegian)
- ^ "Heikki Holmås kommer på SNU! | Changemaker Norge". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
External links
edit- Heikki's blog in Norwegian
- "Heikki Holmås" (in Norwegian). Storting.