Standing_Committee_on_Foreign_Affairs_and_Defence

Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence

Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence

Norwegian parliamentary committee for foreign affairs and defense


The Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence (Norwegian: Utenriks- og forsvarskomiteen) is a standing committee of the Parliament of Norway. It is responsible for policies relating foreign affairs, military, development cooperation, Svalbard or in other polar regions and matters in general relating to agreements between Norway and other states or organizations. It corresponds to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Defence.[1] The committee has 16 members and is chaired by Ine Eriksen Søreide of the Conservative Party.[2] The members also sit on the Enlarged Committee on Foreign Affairs and the European Committee.

Members 2021–25

The committee is chaired by Ine Eriksen Søreide.

Leadership

The committee is headed by a chair and two vice chairs.

Key
  Centre Party
  Christian Democratic Party
  Conservative Party
  Labour Party
  Liberal Party
  Progress Party
  Socialist Left Party

Chairs

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Vice Chairs

First Vice Chairs

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Second Vice Chairs

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References

  1. Parliament of Norway. "The Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence". Retrieved 23 October 2009.
  2. The Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence Stortinget.no. Retrieved 11 July 2022

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