Audun Lysbakken
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Audun Lysbakken MP |
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| Leader of the Socialist Left Party | |
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Assumed office 11 March 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Kristin Halvorsen |
| Minister of Children and Equality | |
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In office 20 October 2009 – 5 March 2012 |
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| Prime Minister | Jens Stoltenberg |
| Preceded by | Anniken Huitfeldt |
| Succeeded by | Kristin Halvorsen |
| Member of the Norwegian Parliament | |
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Assumed office 20 October 2009 |
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In office 22 October 2001 – 20 September 2005 |
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| Constituency | Hordaland |
| Personal details | |
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30 September 1977 Bergen, Norway |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Political party | Socialist Left Party |
| Spouse(s) | Siv Mjaaland |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater |
Bergen Handelsgymnasium University of Bergen |
Audun Bjørlo Lysbakken (born 30 September 1977) is a Norwegian politician and the leader of the Socialist Left Party. In 2006, he became deputy leader of the party. On 20 October 2009, he was appointed Minister of Children and Equality, a post he held until 5 March 2012, when he resigned due to conflicts of interest as well as widespread irregularities in the allocation of public funds.
Lysbakken is the son of actor Sigurd Lysbakken (1947–1994) and cultural worker Geirdis Bjørlo (1952). He attended primary school at Møhlenpris elementary school (1984–1993), and high school at Bergen Handelsgymnasium (1993–1996). He has university minors in French and comparative politics from the University of Bergen (1996–1998). After his university studies, he performed mandatory civil service instead of conscript military duty, and served this duty as a secretary at Norsk Økologisk Landbrukslag and as a journalist in the daily Klassekampen 2000–2001.
Lysbakken held various posts in the youth NGOs Ungdom mot EU and Nature and Youth 1995–1996, and was involved in student politics during his university studies 1998–1999. Lysbakken held his first post in Socialist Youth, the Socialist Left party's youth organization, as leader of its Bergen chapter in 1996–1998, and went on to be elected leader of the county (Hordaland) organization in 1998–2000. He was deputy leader of the Socialist Youth's national organization 2000–2002.
Lysbakken's first public office was as member of the Bergen City Council in 1999–2000. He was elected to the Parliament of Norway in 2001 as a representative for Hordaland county. He was a member of the parliament's Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs. He failed to be re-elected in 2005, but became first deputy representative. He was elected deputy leader of the Socialist Left Party on 18 February 2006.
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