Kristin Krohn Devold
Kristin Krohn Devold (born
12 August 1961 in
Ã…lesund
) is a
Norwegian politician for the Conservative
Party.
She was
elected to the Norwegian
Parliament
from Oslo
in 1993, and
was re-elected on two occasions.
From 2001 to 2005, when the
second cabinet Bondevik held office,
Krohn Devold was
Minister
of Defence. During this term her seat in parliament was taken
by
Hans Gjeisar Kjæstad.
Krohn
Devold was mentioned as a possible candidate for the position of
Secretary General of NATO
after
George
Robertson, but eventually lost out to Jaap de Hoop Scheffer.
On the
local level Krohn Devold was a member of Oslo city council
from 1991 to 1993.
Krohn
Devold has a Master of Science
Degree in Business from the Norwegian
School of Economics and Business Administration
, Bergen
,
1985. She minored in sociology at the University of
Bergen
in 1986. Since 2006 she is the
secretary-general of the
Norwegian Trekking
Association. She is married and has two children.
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