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Monarch
  
Harald V

Party
  
Conservative Party

Nationality
  
Norwegian

Education
  
University of Bergen

Preceded by
  
Jonas Gahr Store

Role
  
Norwegian Politician

Prime Minister
  
Erna Solberg

Name
  
Bent Hoie


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Born
  
4 May 1971 (age 52) Randaberg, Norway (
1971-05-04
)

Spouse
  
Dag Terje Klarp Solvang (m. 2000)

Political party
  
Conservative Party

Bent h ie


Bent Høie (born 4 May 1971) is a Norwegian politician from the Conservative Party who has been Minister of Health and Care Services since 16 October 2013. He is a representative of Rogaland in the Storting and was first elected in 2001.

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Høie was born in Randaberg. He studied law at University of Bergen in 1991 and also attended the Norwegian School of Hotel Management from 1991-93. Høie represented his party in Stavanger Municipal Council and Rogaland County Council.

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Storting committees

  • 2005–2009: Member of the Standing Committee on Local Government and Public Administration.
  • 2001–2005: Member of the Standing Committee on Health and Social Affairs.
  • 2000–2001: Member of the Standing Committee on Energy and the Environment

    • Delegations

  • 2001- : Deputy member of the Norwegian Delegation to the Nordic Council, deputy member of the Norwegian Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.

    • Local government

  • 2000-, 1991-1999: Member of the Rogaland County Council
  • 1999-2003: Member of the Stavanger Municipal Council
  • 1999-2000: Member of the Rogaland County Executive Board
  • 1991-1995: Member of the Randaberg Municipal Council

    • Political appointments

  • 2000- : Chairman of the Stavanger Conservative Party
  • 1997-1999: Deputy chairman of the Rogaland Conservative Party
  • 1995-1999: Political adviser for the Stavanger Conservative Party group in the Municipal Council
  • 1993-1995: Campaign secretary of the Rogaland Conservative Party
  • 1993-1995: Member of the Central Executive Committee of the Young Conservatives of Norway
  • 1990-1992: Chairman of the Rogaland Young Conservatives

    • In March 2016, Høie was appointed by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to the High-Level Commission on Health Employment and Economic Growth, which was co-chaired by presidents François Hollande of France and Jacob Zuma of South Africa.

    Other administrative posts

  • 2000- : Chairman of the board of the Dyslexia Research Foundation

    • Personal life

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    Høie is openly gay and married to Dag Terje Solvang.

    References

    Bent Høie Wikipedia
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