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Hadia Tajik

Tajik in March 2017
Minister of Labour, Social Inclusion and Intergration
In office
14 October 2021 – 2023
Prime MinisterJonas Gahr Støre
Preceded byTorbjørn Røe Isaksen
Minister of Culture
In office
21 September 2012 – 16 October 2013
Prime MinisterJens Stoltenberg
Preceded byAnniken Huitfeldt
Succeeded byThorhild Widvey
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
Assumed office
1 October 2017
ConstituencyRogaland
In office
1 October 2009 – 30 September 2017
ConstituencyOslo
Deputy Leader of the Labour Party
Assumed office
18 April 2015
LeaderJonas Gahr Støre
Preceded byHelga Pedersen
Personal details
Born (1983-07-18) 18 July 1983 (age 41)
Strand, Rogaland, Norway
NationalityNorwegian
Political partyLabour
Spouse(s)
(m. 2014; div. 2016)

Kristian Skard
(m. 2019)
Children1
Alma materUniversity of Oslo
Stavanger University College
Kingston University

Hadia Tajik (born 18 July 1983) is a Norwegian[1] lawyer, journalist and politician. She was a minister in the cabinet of Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre as Minister of Labour, Social Inclusion and Intergration (2021-2023).

She is a member of the Labour Party. She was Minister of Culture from 2012 to 2013. She was 29 years of age at the time and became the youngest minister to serve in the Norwegian government.[2]

She is the first Muslim member of government. Tajik has been a Member of the Norwegian Parliament since 2009.[3]

References

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  1. https://snl.no/Hadia_Tajik. Snl.no
  2. Buer, Kathleen (21 September 2012). "Hadia Tajik (29) blir ny Kulturminister". Abcnyheter.no (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 22 February 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  3. "The sixth parliamentary seat". Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2009-09-21.