Elisabeth Aspaker

Elisabeth Aspaker (born 16 October 1962) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party and she is the current county governor of Troms og Finnmark county. She was also the Minister of European Affairs from 2015-2016 and Minister for Nordic Cooperation from 2013 to 2016. From 2013 to 2015, she also served as Minister of Fisheries.[1]

Elisabeth Aspaker
Governor of Troms and Finnmark
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 January 2019
Deputy	Stian Lindgård
Preceded by	Position established
Governor of Troms
In office 2017–2018
Preceded by	Bård Magne Pedersen
Succeeded by	Position abolished (merged with Finnmark)
Minister of European Affairs
In office 16 December 2015 – 20 December 2016
Prime Minister	Erna Solberg
Preceded by	Office created
Succeeded by	Frank Bakke-Jensen
Minister of Fisheries
In office 16 October 2013 – 16 December 2015
Prime Minister	Erna Solberg
Preceded by	Lisbeth Berg-Hansen
Succeeded by	Per Sandberg
Minister of Nordic Cooperation
In office 16 October 2013 – 20 December 2016
Prime Minister	Erna Solberg
Preceded by	Rigmor Aasrud
Succeeded by	Frank Bakke-Jensen
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 October 2005
Constituency	Troms
Second Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party
In office 10 April 1994 – 29 March 1998
Leader	Jan Petersen
Preceded by	John G. Bernander
Succeeded by	Anne Berit Andersen
Personal details
Born	(1962-10-16) 16 October 1962 Harstad, Norway
Nationality	Norwegian
Political party	Conservative
Alma mater	University of Tromsø

She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Troms in 2005. She previously served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament during the terms 1989–1993 and 1997–2001.

From 1986 to 1990 she was the deputy leader of the Norwegian Young Conservatives. During the cabinet Syse, she was private secretary (today known as political advisor) in the Ministry of Justice and the Police. During the second cabinet Bondevik, she was appointed political advisor in the Ministry of Education and Research before being promoted to State Secretary in the Ministry of Health and Care Services in 2004.

On the local level she was a member of Harstad municipal council from 1991 to 1995, and of its executive committee from 1999 to 2001. From 1991 to 1999 she was a member of Troms county council, serving as deputy county mayor beginning in 1995.

Before entering politics, she worked as a teacher. Aspaker was educated at Tromsø lærerhøgskole and Harstad University College, both of which today is a part of the University of Tromsø.