Kyrre Lekve

Norwegian biologist and politician

Kyrre Lekve (born 11 March 1968) is a Norwegian biologist and politician for the Socialist Left Party.²

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Born Mar 11, 1968.¹

About

He finished his secondary education in 1988, and minored in political science in 1991. He was also a journalist in Akershus Amtstidende and Ny Tid between 1988 and 1992. He later took his education in biology at the University of Oslo, graduating with the cand.scient. in 1997 and dr.scient. degree in 2001. From 2001 to 2004 he was a post.doc. researcher at the Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis.

From 1992 to 1994 he chaired Socialist Youth, the youth wing of the Socialist Left Party. From 1995 to 1997 he was a central board member of the party, chairing the committee on foreign policy.

He was hired as an adviser in Abelia in 2004, but became involved in politics again in 2007. He was appointed as a political adviser in the Ministry of Education and Research, as a part of Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet. From October 2009 to May 2012 he served as a State Secretary in the same ministry. After resigning he was hired in the Research Council of Norway, but already in November the same year he became assisting director of Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education (NIFU).

From Wikipedia’s article on Kyrre Lekve, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.²

Companies

Simula Metropolitan Center for Digital EngineeringChair¹¹

Early life and education

Date not recordedUniversity of Oslo³

Career

Occupation: politician, chief executive officer, biologist.⁹

2009 to 2012State Secretary, Ministry of Education and Research of Norway^{4 7}
2007 to 2009Advisor to a Norwegian politician^{4 6}
1993 to 1997Deputy member of the Parliament of Norway^{4 5}
Date not recordedChief executive officer, Norwegian Institute for Social Research⁴
Date not recordedChair, Simula Metropolitan Center for Digital Engineering⁸

Personal life

CitizenshipNorway¹⁰

Sources

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WikidataKyrre Lekve on Wikidata
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WikipediaKyrre Lekve on Wikipedia
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WikidataKyrre Lekve: education, on Wikidata
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WikidataKyrre Lekve: Chief executive officer, Norwegian Institute for Social Research, on Wikidata
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WikidataDeputy member of the Parliament of Norway, as reported
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WikidataAdvisor to a Norwegian politician, as reported
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WikidataState Secretary, Ministry of Education and Research of Norway, as reported
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WikidataKyrre Lekve: Chair, Simula Metropolitan Center for Digital Engineering, on Wikidata
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WikidataKyrre Lekve: occupation, on Wikidata
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WikidataKyrre Lekve: citizenship, on Wikidata
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WikidataSimula Metropolitan Center for Digital Engineering, Chair