Guri Melby

Guri Melby (born 3 February 1981) is a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party. She has served as Minister of Education since 2020.[2]

Guri Melby
Minister of Education and Integration
Assumed office
13 March 2020
Prime MinisterErna Solberg
Preceded byTrine Skei Grande
Deputy Member of the Norwegian Parliament
In office
17 January 2018 – 13 March 2020
Standing in forTrine Skei Grande
ConstituencyOslo
Oslo City Commissioner for Transport and the Environment
In office
15 October 2013 – 21 October 2015
Preceded byOla Elvestuen
Succeeded byLan Marie Nguyen Berg
Personal details
Born (1981-02-03) 3 February 1981
Orkdal, South Trøndelag, Norway
Political partyLiberal
Spouse(s)Thomas Hansen[1]
Children2

From 1999 to 2006 she was a member of the municipal council in Orkdal, and a member of the city council in Trondheim from 2007 to 2011. She was Venstre's top candidate in South Trøndelag in the elections for Stortinget on 14 September 2009.[3][4]

From October 2013 to 2015 she was the city commissioner for public transport and environmental affairs in Oslo. [5] She was a deputy member of the Parliament of Norway from Oslo for the terms 2013-2017 and 2017–2021. When Trine Skei Grande was appointed to Solberg's Second Cabinet in 2018 Melby moved up to full representative.[6]

Following Trine Skei Grande’s decision to resign as minister and party leader in March 2020, Melby was asked by Grande personally if she wanted to succeed her as minister. She expressed sorrow by Grande’s resignation, saying that “being education minister was her dream job”. Her appointment also coincided with the lockdown and closing of schools in Norway due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7]

References
  1. "New Liberal uncertainty: Family Friend of Leadership Candidate Elected to the Election Committee" (in Norwegian). 9 March 2019. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  2. "Guri Melby (L) Becomes New Education Minister and Odd Emil Ingebrigtsen New Fisheries Minister" (in Norwegian). 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  3. "Guri Melby". Archived from the original (Norwegian) on 15 June 2009. Retrieved 1 July 2009.
  4. "Guri Melby" (Norwegian). DnB NOR. Retrieved 1 July 2009.
  5. "Her er Oslos nye byråder" (Norwegian). Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  6. "Biografi: Melby, Guri" (Norwegian). Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  7. "Melby was called home to Skei Grande" (in Norwegian). TV 2. 8 June 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
Political offices
Preceded by
Ola Elvestuen		 Oslo City Commissioner for Transport and the Environment
2013–2015		 Succeeded by
Lan Marie Nguyen Berg
Preceded by
Trine Skei Grande		 Minister of Education
2020–		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
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