Kaci Kullmann Five | |
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| Chairwoman of theNorwegian Nobel Committee | |
| In office 3 March 2015 (2015-03-03) – 19 February 2017 (2017-02-19) | |
| Preceded by | Thorbjørn Jagland |
| Succeeded by | Berit Reiss-Andersen |
| Leader of the Conservative Party | |
| In office 20 April 1991 (1991-04-20) – 10 April 1994 (1994-04-10) | |
| Deputy | John G. Bernander |
| Preceded by | Jan P. Syse |
| Succeeded by | Jan Petersen |
| In office 1 January 1988 – 22 January 1988 Acting | |
| Preceded by | Rolf Presthus |
| Succeeded by | Jan P. Syse |
| Member of the Norwegian Parliament | |
| In office 1 October 1981 (1981-10-01) – 30 September 1997 (1997-09-30) | |
| Constituency | Akershus |
| Minister of Trade and Shipping | |
| In office 16 October 1989 (1989-10-16) – 3 November 1990 (1990-11-03) | |
| Prime Minister | Jan P. Syse |
| Preceded by | Jan Balstad |
| Succeeded by | Eldrid Nordbø |
| First Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party | |
| In office 25 August 1984 – 22 January 1988 | |
| Leader | Erling Norvik Rolf Presthus |
| Preceded by | Håkon Randal |
| Succeeded by | Wenche Frogn Sellæg |
| Second Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party | |
| In office 19 March 1982 – 25 August 1984 | |
| Leader | Jo Benkow |
| Preceded by | Astrid Gjertsen |
| Succeeded by | Arne Skauge |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Karin Cecilie Kullman (1951-04-13)13 April 1951 |
| Died | 19 February 2017(2017-02-19) (aged 65) Oslo, Norway |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse | Carsten O. Five(1972–2017; her death) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University of Oslo |
Karin Cecilie "Kaci"Kullmann Five (pronounced[ˈkɑːsɪˈkʉlːmɑnˈfiːvə];[tone?] 13 April 1951 – 19 February 2017) was aNorwegian politician for theConservative Party. She served as a member of parliament from 1981 to 1997, asMinister of Trade and Shipping in theMinistry of Foreign Affairs from 1989 to 1990 and as leader of the Conservative Party from 1991 to 1994. After she left politics in 1997, she held roles in private business, ran her own consultancy and was a board member ofStatoil and other companies and organisations.
She was elected by the Storting as a member of theNorwegian Nobel Committee in 2003, became a board member of theNobel Foundation in 2009 and served as chairwoman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee from 2015 until her death; in this capacity she was responsible for awarding theNobel Peace Prize.
Five was bornKarin Cecilie Kullmann inBærum, the daughter of a dentist, and was better known by the nickname "Kaci" (pronounced[kasi]). After finishing upper secondary school atNadderud in 1969 she was educated inlaw,French language andpolitical science, and graduated with thecand.polit. degree in political science at theUniversity of Oslo in 1981. Before she entered politics she was a consultant at the NorwegianConfederation of Norwegian Enterprise (NHO). In 1972 she marriedCarsten O. Five, former editor of the finance magazineDine Penger. They have two children.[1]
In early 2014, she was diagnosed with breast cancer and began treatment for it.[2] While her initial prognosis was good, the illness worsened, and in 2016 she had to cancel several appearances.[3]
Five died on 19 February 2017 from breast cancer, aged 65.[4]
Five was member of the municipal council ofBærum 1975–81 and then served as deputy leader of the executive committee for Education. From 1977 to 1979 she was the first female President of theNorwegian Young Conservatives.[citation needed]
She was a member of the Norwegian parliament, theStorting, from 1981 to 1997. She was Deputy Chairwoman of the Conservative Opposition 1986–1989, and again 1990–1991. From 1982 to 1988 she also served as Deputy Party Chairwoman. She served asMinister of Trade and Shipping in theCabinet Syse from 1989 to 1990. In 1991 she was elected chairwoman of the Conservative Party, succeedingJan P. Syse, but resigned after four years in 1994.[1]
After leaving parliament in 1997, Five served as managing director inAker RGI until 2001, and since 2002 remained active as an independent consultant. She was a member of the Board of Directors of several large companies and organisations, includingStatoil, Norway's largest petroleum company, Scheiblers Legacy, SOS Kinderdorf Norway andRadio Channel P4.[1]
Kaci Kullmann Five was elected by the Storting as a deputy member of theNorwegian Nobel Committee, which awards theNobel Peace Prize, for the term 2000–03. In 2003, she was elected as one of the five regular members and was reelected up until her death in 2017. In March 2015, she was elected by the committee as its new chairperson, succeedingThorbjørn Jagland, marking the first time in the history of the 1900 founded committee that the incumbent chairman was replaced without retiring deliberately. From 2009 until 2017, she was one of the seven regular board members of the Sweden-basedNobel Foundation, which has the overall responsibility for all the fiveNobel Prizes.[1]
As a member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, she was involved in the decisions to award the Nobel Peace Prize to, among others,Shirin Ebadi,Al Gore,Martti Ahtisaari,Barack Obama,Liu Xiaobo,Juan Manuel Santos, and theEuropean Union. She praised Thorbjørn Jagland for his leadership of the Nobel committee and stated that she supported all the prizes awarded when Jagland was chairman. She harshly criticized thePeople's Republic of China over its treatment of Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo; she demanded that the Chinese communist regime releases Liu Xiaobo and "stops persecuting his wife."[5]
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| Preceded by | Chair of theNorwegian Young Conservatives 1977–1979 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Chair of theConservative Party 1991–1994 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Norwegian Minister of Trade and Shipping 1989–1990 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Chair of theNorwegian Nobel Committee 2015–2017 | Succeeded by |
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