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NORWAY - H.E. Kjersti Ertresvaag Andersen

Credentials: 16.04.2018

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Personal information:
Born: 01.05.1969, Stavanger
Family: Married to Per Christian Roarson Eggen
Three children, born in 2003, 2005 and 2009

Education:
Cand. Polit.-degree. Political Science, Student Scholar Norwegian Institute of Foreign Policy. University of Oslo (1997)

Cand.-Mag.-degree, History, Political Science and Geography. University of Oslo and London School of Economics (1993)

Examen Artium, Stavanger Cathedral School, Stavanger, Norway (1989)

High School Diploma, University High School, Morgantown, West-Virginia, USA (1987)

Work experience

April 2018
Ambassador to the Republic of Austria and Permanent Representative to the International Organisations in Vienna

2014
Director General, Department of UN and Humanitarian Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Head of department responsible for UN affairs, humanitarian assistance, human rights, democracy and gender issues. Manages 1/3 of Norway’s development assistance.

2010 - 2014
Chief of Staff to the Foreign Minister, Deputy Director General, Secretariat for the Foreign Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Chief of Staff to Foreign Ministers Støre, Eide and Brende.

2006 – 2010
Deputy Director General and Assistant Director General, Section for Peace and Reconciliation, Department for UN Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Responsible for Norwegian involvement in various peace and reconciliation efforts and processes.

2002 - 2006
Advisor, Secretariat for the Foreign Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Advisor to the State Secretary responsible for UN and humanitarian affairs, bilateral relations to states in Latin America, Asia, Africa and the Middle East, and for Norwegian involvement in peace and reconciliation processes.

1999 - 2001
Second Secretary, Norwegian Embassy in Berlin, Germany

1997 - 1999
Foreign Service Trainee

Fotos: Daniel Trippolt & Carina Karlovits/ beide HBF