Siv Jensen

Ms. Siv Jensen was appointed Minister of Finance of Norway in 2013, and is the longest serving Minster of Finance on the bourgouse side of Norwegian politics since the end of World War II. Since 2006 Ms. Jensen has been the leader of the Progress Party, which currently is part of a government coalition composed of the Conservative Party, the Liberal Party and the Christian Democratic party. Ms. Jensen was elected Member of the Norwegian Parliament in 1997, having been a Deputy Member since 1993. She chaired the Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs between 2001 and 2005 and was a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence between 2005 and 2013. Between 1995 and 1999 Ms. Jensen was a Member of the City Council of Oslo. Ms. Jensen was born in Oslo in 1969 and holds a degree in Economics from Norwegian School of Economics. As Minister of Finance Ms. Jensen has a main responsibility for national economic policy and co-ordinates the preparation of the national budget of Norw