Knut Arild Hareide
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Knut Arild Hareide MP |
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| Leader of the Christian Democratic Party | |
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Assumed office 30 April 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Dagfinn Høybråten |
| Minister of the Environment | |
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In office 18 June 2004 – 17 October 2005 |
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| Prime Minister | Kjell Magne Bondevik |
| Preceded by | Børge Brende |
| Succeeded by | Helen Bjørnøy |
| Member of the Norwegian Parliament | |
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Assumed office 1 October 2013 |
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| Constituency | Hordaland |
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In office 1 October 2009 – 30 September 2013 |
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| Constituency | Akershus |
| Personal details | |
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23 November 1972 Bømlo, Hordaland, Norway |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Political party | Christian Democratic Party |
| Spouse(s) | Lisa Marie Larsen |
| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater |
NHH University of Bergen |
| Religion | Evangelical-Lutheran |
| Website | Knut Arild Hareide's blog |
Knut Arild Hareide (born 23 November 1972) a Norwegian politician who serves as a member of parliament from Hordaland and as the current leader of the Christian Democratic Party. Hareide served as Minister of the Environment from 2004 to 2005 in the second Bondevik cabinet. In 2007 he announced he would step down from the national political scene for the time being, but he returned when he was nominated as the top candidate for the Christian Democratic Party ticket in Akershus in the 2009 election where he won the county's leveling seat. After Dagfinn Høybråten stepped down as party leader, Hareide was unanimously elected to take his place at the 2011 party convention. In the 2013 election, Hareide was reelected to parliament, this time from his home county of Hordaland.
Before his tenure as government minister, Hareide had sat through one term in the municipal council of his native Bømlo, served as a deputy representative to the national parliament as well as working two years as a State Secretary. He was also second deputy leader of his party from 2003 to 2007, having come through the ranks of the party's youth organization.
Outside politics Hareide is an economist by education, and he has worked for the media conglomerate Schibsted.
Hareide was born in the village Rubbestadneset in Bømlo, Hordaland. He started his higher education in 1992, the same year he graduated from upper secondary school. Enrolled at the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), he graduated in 1997 with a siv.øk. degree. During his time at NHH, he also minored in sociology (1995) at the University of Bergen.
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