Kaci Kullmann Five
| Kaci Kullmann Five | |
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| Chairwoman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee | |
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In office 3 March 2015 – 19 February 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Thorbjørn Jagland |
| Succeeded by | TBD |
| Leader of the Conservative Party | |
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In office 20 April 1991 – 10 April 1994 |
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| Preceded by | Jan P. Syse |
| Succeeded by | Jan Petersen |
| Member of Parliament | |
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In office 1 October 1981 – 30 September 1997 |
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| Constituency | Akershus |
| Minister of Trade and Shipping | |
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In office 16 October 1989 – 3 November 1990 |
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| Prime Minister | Jan P. Syse |
| Preceded by | Jan Balstad |
| Succeeded by | Eldrid Nordbø |
| Personal details | |
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Karin Cecilie Kullman 13 April 1951 Bærum, Norway |
| Died | 19 February 2017 (aged 65) Oslo, Norway |
| Political party | Conservative Party |
| Spouse(s) | Carsten O. Five (1972–2017; her death) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University of Oslo |
Karin Cecilie "Kaci" Kullmann Five (13 April 1951 – 19 February 2017) (pronounced [kasi kʉllmann fivɛ]) was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. She served as a Member of Parliament from 1981 to 1997, as Minister of Trade and Shipping in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1989 to 1990 and as leader of the Conservative Party from 1991 to 1994. After she left politics in 1997, she held roles in private business, ran her own consultancy and was a board member of Statoil and other companies and organisations.
She was elected by the Storting as a member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee in 2003, became a board member of the Nobel Foundation in 2009 and served as chairwoman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee from 2015 until her death; in this capacity she was responsible for awarding the Nobel Peace Prize.
Five was born Karin Cecilie Kullmann in Bærum, the daughter of a dentist, and was better known by the nickname "Kaci" (pronounced [kasi]). She was educated in law, French language and political science, and graduated with the cand.polit. degree in political science at the University of Oslo in 1981. Before she entered politics she was a consultant at the Norwegian Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (NHO). In 1972 she married Carsten O. Five, former editor of the finance magazine Dine Penger. They have two children.
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