Grete Faremo
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| Executive Director of the United Nations Office for Project Services | |
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Assumed office August 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Jan Mattsson |
| Minister of Justice | |
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In office 11 November 2011 – 16 October 2013 |
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| Prime Minister | Jens Stoltenberg |
| Preceded by | Knut Storberget |
| Succeeded by | Anders Anundsen |
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In office 4 September 1992 – 25 October 1996 |
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| Prime Minister | Gro Harlem Brundtland |
| Preceded by | Kari Gjesteby |
| Succeeded by | Anne Holt |
| Minister of Defence | |
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In office 20 October 2009 – 11 November 2011 |
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| Prime Minister | Jens Stoltenberg |
| Preceded by | Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen |
| Succeeded by | Espen Barth Eide |
| Minister of International Aid | |
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In office 3 November 1990 – 4 September 1992 |
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| Prime Minister | Gro Harlem Brundtland |
| Preceded by | Tom Vraalsen |
| Succeeded by | Kari Nordheim-Larsen |
| Minister of Petroleum and Energy | |
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In office 25 October 1996 – 18 December 1996 |
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| Prime Minister | Thorbjørn Jagland |
| Preceded by | Jens Stoltenberg |
| Succeeded by | Ranveig Frøiland |
| Member of the Norwegian Parliament | |
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In office 1993–1997 |
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| Constituency | Oslo |
| Personal details | |
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Grete Faremo 16 June 1955 Arendal, Aust-Agder, Norway |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Political party | Labour |
| Domestic partner | Magne Lindholm |
| Children | Oda |
| Residence | New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Oslo |
| Religion | Church of Norway |
Grete Faremo (born 16 June 1955) is a former Norwegian politician, lawyer and business leader. Since August 2014, she has held the post of Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS). During her political career, she held high-level positions in the Norwegian Government including Minister of Justice (twice), Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Minister of International Development and Minister of Defence.
Faremo was born in Arendal in 1955 and grew up in Byglandsfjord,Setesdal, southern Norway. She is the daughter of the Norwegian politician Osmund Faremo (1921-1999) and Tora Aamlid (1921). Much of Faremo’s early political philosophy was strongly influenced by her father, who was a prisoner of war during the Second World War, after being arrested as part of Adolf Hitler’s Nacht und Nebel directive.
Faremo attended Hornnes Gymnas in the nearby town of Hornnes and graduated in 1973. She went on to study law at the University of Oslo, specializing in international law and spent a summer in 1978 at The Hague Academy of International Law. The same year, Faremo graduated from university with a master's degree in Law.
She entered public service 1979, joining the Ministry of Finance as a Legal Officer. She then went on to work as a Legal Officer in the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (1980-1984). Following this, she was appointed Head of Division of the Ministry of Development and left in 1986 to take up a new position as Chief Negotiator at property management company, Aker Eiendom AS. Two years later, she became the Executive Director at Theatrium AS, at the newly developed Aker Brygge in Oslo, leaving in 1990 to become a Director in the Norwegian Arbeiderpresse (now known as Amedia).
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