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Kaci Kullmann Five

Norwegian politician (1951–2017)

Karin Cecilie "Kaci" Kullmann Five (pronounced [ˈkɑːsɪ ˈkʉlːmɑn ˈfiːvə]; 13 April 1951 – 19 February 2017) 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 1994.²

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Born Apr 13, 1951, died Feb 19, 2017.¹

About

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.

From Wikipedia’s article on Kaci Kullmann Five, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.²

Companies

Conservative Party of NorwayChair 1991 to 1994¹⁴
Conservative Party of NorwayChair 1988 to 1988¹⁴

Early life and education

Date not recordedUniversity of Oslo³

Career

Occupation: politician, political scientist.⁷

2015 to 2017Chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee⁴
1993 to 1997Member of the Parliament of Norway^{4 5}
1991 to 1994Party leader, Conservative Party of Norway⁴
1991 to 1994Chair, Conservative Party of Norway⁶
1989 to 1990Minister of Trade and Shipping⁴
1989 to 1993Member of the Parliament of Norway^{4 5}
1988Party leader, Conservative Party of Norway⁴
1988Chair, Conservative Party of Norway⁶
1985 to 1989Member of the Parliament of Norway^{4 5}
1981 to 1985Member of the Parliament of Norway^{4 5}
1977 to 1981Deputy member of the Parliament of Norway^{4 5}
1977 to 1979President of Norwegian Young Conservatives⁴

Personal life

BornApr 13, 1951, Oslo⁸
DiedFeb 19, 2017, Oslo⁹
CitizenshipNorway¹⁰
SpouseCarsten O. Five 1972 to 2017¹¹

Politics

Political career

Five was member of the municipal council of Bærum 1975–81 and then served as deputy leader of the executive committee for Education. From 1977 to 1979 she was the first female President of the Norwegian Young Conservatives.

She was a member of the Norwegian parliament, the Storting, from 1981 to 1997. She was Deputy Chairwoman of the Conservative Opposition 1986–1989, and again 1990–1991. From 1982 to 1988 she also served as Deputy Party Chairwoman. She served as Minister of Trade and Shipping in the Cabinet Syse from 1989 to 1990. In 1991 she was elected chairwoman of the Conservative Party, succeeding Jan P. Syse, but resigned after four years in 1994.

After politics

After leaving parliament in 1997, Five served as managing director in Aker RGI until 2001, and since 2002 remained active as an independent consultant. She was a member of the Board of Directors of several large companies and organisations, including Statoil, Norway's largest petroleum company, Scheiblers Legacy, SOS Kinderdorf Norway and Radio Channel P4.