Dag Inge Ulstein | |
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| Leader of theChristian Democratic Party | |
| Assumed office 22 August 2024 Acting: 22 August 2024 – 25 January 2025 | |
| First Deputy | Ida Lindtveit Røse |
| Second Deputy | Jorunn Gleditsch Lossius |
| Preceded by | Olaug Bollestad |
| First Deputy Leader of the Christian Democratic Party | |
| In office 13 November 2021 – 22 August 2024 | |
| Leader | Olaug Bollestad |
| Preceded by | Olaug Bollestad |
| Succeeded by | Ida Lindtveit Røse |
| Member of the Norwegian Parliament | |
| Assumed office 1 October 2021 | |
| Deputy | Astrid Aarhus Byrknes(2021) |
| Constituency | Hordaland |
| Minister of International Development | |
| In office 22 January 2019 – 14 October 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Erna Solberg |
| Preceded by | Nikolai Astrup |
| Succeeded by | Anne Beathe Tvinnereim |
| Bergen City Commissioner for Finance | |
| In office 22 October 2015 – 22 November 2018 | |
| Chief Commissioner | Harald Schjelderup |
| Preceded by | Eiler Macody Lund |
| Succeeded by | Håkon Pettersen |
| Bergen City Commissioner for Social, Housing and Area Investment | |
| In office 26 June 2013 – 17 June 2014 | |
| Chief Commissioner | Monica Mæland Ragnhild Stolt-Nielsen |
| Preceded by | Lisbeth Iversen |
| Succeeded by | Eiler Macody Lund |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1980-12-04)4 December 1980 (age 44) Sula Municipality, Norway |
| Political party | Christian Democratic |
| Spouse | Ingjerd Mella Ulstein |
| Children | 4 |
| Occupation | Politician Vocalist Sexologist |
Dag Inge Ulstein (born 4 December 1980) is a Norwegian politician for theChristian Democratic Party serving as the party leader since 2024. He previously served as its deputy leader.
Ulstein was appointedMinister of International Development inSolberg's Cabinet on 22 January 2019, a position which he held until the cabinet resigned following the2021 election.[1]
Ulstein served as Bergen's city commissioner for social, housing and area investment from 2013 to 2014, when his party withdrew from the council cabinet, citing disagreements over a proposed route for thelight rail toÅsane.[2][3] When Harald Schjelderup became chief commissioner following the2015 local elections, Ulstein was appointed city commissioner for finance. He held the post until he stepped down in 2018.[4]
Having been a deputy to the Storting for the Christian Democratic Party fromHordaland from 2017 to 2021, Ulstein was elected representative to theStorting for the period 2021–2025. In the Storting, he was a member of theStanding Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence from 2021.[5]
In June 2024, he announced that he wouldn't be seeking re-election at the2025 election.[6]
Following his party's negotiations to enter the Solberg cabinet, Ulstein was appointed minister of international development on 22 January 2019. This was despite the fact that he had supported the Labour favouring faction of the party in the path choice the year before.[7]
Ulstein is leadingWHO's ACT-A Initiative (Access to Covid-19 Tools Accelerator). ACT-A is set up to lead the efforts to mobilize political and financial support to ensure equitable distribution of corona virus vaccines, medicines and tests. He is also a Board Member of the Global Center on Adaptation toaddress climate change.
He has previously held the position as head of development at Haraldsplass Diaconal Foundation, a specialised hospital. Prior to this position he was the general manager at Haraldsplass therapy and counselling center (2012–2014).[8]
Ulstein was considered one of the most leading candidates to replaceKjell Ingolf Ropstad as party leader after the resigned following a parliamentary housing scandal. Ulstein never confirmed his candidacy, but still pulled himself out of consideration in October 2021, thereby leading toOlaug Bollestad being the presumptive new party leader.[9] He was however open to become deputy leader.[10]
Ulstein was designated as first deputy leader along with Bollestad as leader. At the party convention on 13 November, he won with 149 votes against Truls Olufsen-Mehus' 11.[11] He was re-elected at the 2023 convention alongside Bollestad, withIda Lindtveit Røse joining as second deputy leader.[12]
He became acting party leader following Bollestad's resignation following a formal complaint made against her by parliamentary staffers over her leadership style and behaviour.[13] He was floated as a possible successor to Bollestad, which he initially declined to be considered before later reversing his decision in September.[14][15] The party's election committee officially designated him as leader in December, withIda Lindtveit Røse as first deputy andJorunn Gleditsch Lossius as second deputy leader.[16]
Ulstein, Røse and Lossius were formally elected at the extraordinary party convention on 25 January 2025.[17]
Ulstein was a vocalist in the Norwegian Christian pop-group Elevate.[18]
He would later serve as the vocalist for the electronica band Electric City.[19]
Ulstein is originally fromSula Municipality and moved to Bergen in 2001. He is a sexologist by profession.[1][8] He is married to Ingjerd Mella, with whom he has four children.[23]
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Lisbeth Iversen | Bergen City Commissioner for Social Affairs, Housing and Area Investment 2013–2014 | Succeeded by Eiler Macody Lund |
| Preceded by Eiler Macody Lund | Bergen City Commissioner for Finance 2015–2018 | Succeeded by Håkon Pettersen |
| Preceded by | Minister of International Development 2019–2021 | Succeeded by |
| Party political offices | ||
| Preceded by | First Deputy Leader of theChristian Democratic Party 2021–present | Incumbent |