Helge Ole Bergesen
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Helge Ole Bergesen is a Norwegian political scientist and politician for the Conservative Party
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He was born in Stavanger
as the grandson of Ole Bergesen, obtained the mag.art. degree (PhD equivalent) in political science. In 1980 he was hired as a researcher at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute. His publications include Norge mellom rik og fattig (1981), Fiendskap og fellesskap: internasjonal politikk i forandring (1991, with W. Østreng), Norge i det globale drivhuset (1995, with K. Roland and A. K. Sydnes), Dinosaurs or Dynamos? The United Nations and the World Bank at the Turn of the Century (1999, with Leiv Lund). Since 1992 he is also a co-editor of the Green Globe Yearbook.
Bergesen started his political career in the Norwegian Young Conservatives
, and was deputy chairman there from 1969 to 1973. During this period he was also a member of the central committee of the Conservative Party
. He was elected to serve in Stavanger city council in 1995, chaired the local chapter from 1997 to 2000 and became a member of the central committee for the second time in 2000. From 2001 to 2005, while the second cabinet Bondevik
held office, Bergesen was a State Secretary
in the Ministry of Education and Research
.
Conservative Party of Norway
The Conservative Party is a Norwegian political party. The current leader is Erna Solberg. The party was since the 1920s consistently the second largest party in Norway, but has been surpassed by the growth of the Progress Party in the late 1990s and 2000s...
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He was born in Stavanger
Stavanger
Stavanger is a city and municipality in the county of Rogaland, Norway.Stavanger municipality has a population of 126,469. There are 197,852 people living in the Stavanger conurbation, making Stavanger the fourth largest city, but the third largest urban area, in Norway...
as the grandson of Ole Bergesen, obtained the mag.art. degree (PhD equivalent) in political science. In 1980 he was hired as a researcher at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute. His publications include Norge mellom rik og fattig (1981), Fiendskap og fellesskap: internasjonal politikk i forandring (1991, with W. Østreng), Norge i det globale drivhuset (1995, with K. Roland and A. K. Sydnes), Dinosaurs or Dynamos? The United Nations and the World Bank at the Turn of the Century (1999, with Leiv Lund). Since 1992 he is also a co-editor of the Green Globe Yearbook.
Bergesen started his political career in the Norwegian Young Conservatives
Norwegian Young Conservatives
Norwegian Young Conservatives is a Norwegian youth party. Its ideology is liberal conservatism, and the party is in many ways more liberal than its mother party, Conservative Party of Norway. Henrik Asheim succeeded Torbjørn Røe Isaksen as leader in 2008.- Leaders :...
, and was deputy chairman there from 1969 to 1973. During this period he was also a member of the central committee of the Conservative Party
Conservative Party of Norway
The Conservative Party is a Norwegian political party. The current leader is Erna Solberg. The party was since the 1920s consistently the second largest party in Norway, but has been surpassed by the growth of the Progress Party in the late 1990s and 2000s...
. He was elected to serve in Stavanger city council in 1995, chaired the local chapter from 1997 to 2000 and became a member of the central committee for the second time in 2000. From 2001 to 2005, while the second cabinet Bondevik
Second cabinet Bondevik
Bondevik's Second Cabinet governed Norway between 19 October 2001 and 17 October 2005. It was led by Kjell Magne Bondevik and consisted of the Conservative Party, the Christian Democratic Party and the Liberal Party. It had the following composition:...
held office, Bergesen was a State Secretary
State Secretary (Norway)
In Norway, a State Secretary is a partisan political position within the executive branch of government. Contrary to the position Secretary of State in many other countries, the Norwegian State Secretary does not head his or her Ministry, rather, they are second in rank to a Minister...
in the Ministry of Education and Research
Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research
Royal Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research is a Norwegian responsible for education, research and kindergartens. The ministry was established in 1814, and since October 18, 2007 led by Tora Aasland and Kristin Halvorsen in 2009. The department reports to the legislature...
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