Hans Andreas Limi | |
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.jpg) Limi in 2016 | |
| First Deputy Leader of the Progress Party | |
| Assumed office 30 April 2023 | |
| Leader | Sylvi Listhaug |
| Preceded by | Ketil Solvik-Olsen |
| Parliamentary Leader for theProgress Party | |
| In office 2 October 2017 – 27 January 2020 | |
| Leader | Siv Jensen |
| Preceded by | Harald T. Nesvik |
| Succeeded by | Siv Jensen |
| Member of the Storting | |
| Assumed office 1 October 2013 | |
| Constituency | Akershus |
| Oslo City Commissioner for Finance and Planning | |
| In office 24 April 1991 – 1 January 1992 | |
| Governing Mayor | Michael Tetzschner |
| Preceded by | Sverre Frich jr. |
| Succeeded by | Rune Bjerke |
| General Secretary of the Progress Party | |
| In office 1988 – May 1994 | |
| Leader | Carl I. Hagen |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Geir Mo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1960-09-26)26 September 1960 (age 64) Skien,Telemark,Norway |
| Political party | Progress |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 3 |
Hans Andreas Limi (born 26 September 1960) is a Norwegian businessperson and politician for theProgress Party. He is currently an MP for the Akershus constituency since 2013 and the party's first deputy leader since 2023. He previously served as the party's parliamentary leader from 2017 to 2020.
Limi was the secretary-general in theYouth of the Progress Party from 1984 to 1986. He was then an office manager in the Progress Party from 1986 to 1988 and then secretary-general[1] until May 1994. He then withdrew, shortly after the1994 Progress Party national convention.[2]
He was the party's parliamentary leader from 2017 to 2020.[3]
In March 2023, he announced his candidacy for the deputy leadership, succeeding retiringKetil Solvik-Olsen.[4] He was endorsed by the party county chapters of Viken, Oslo, Rogaland, Innlandet and Vestland, in addition to theProgress Party's Youth.[5] Limi was formally elected at the party convention on 30 April.[6]
Limi was a member of the executive committee ofSkien city council (his home town) from 1983 to 1987. In the1987 Norwegian local elections he was elected toOslo city council, but he took leave from his position in 1989. He became city commissioner of finance in Oslo when he took over afterSverre Frich, Jr. in April 1991, and sat throughout the year.[1]
In 2011, he made a political comeback as he was elected to theBærummunicipal council.[7]
In 2013, he was elected to theStorting from theAkershus constituency.[8] He was re-elected in 2017 and 2021.
In parliament, he is currently a member of theStanding Committee on Finance and thePreparatory Credentials Committee since 2021. He was previously a member of theElection Committee in 2017 and served as its second vice chair from 2017 to 2020. He sat on theStanding Committee on Finance from 2013 to 2017 and again from 2020 to 2021. He further sat on theStanding Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence from 2017 to 2020 and concurrently theEnlarged Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence. He was also the second vice chair of theStanding Committee on Finance from May to September 2021.[9]
Limi was hired as property manager in theOlav Thon Group.[2] He was later a development director inSteen & Strøm[10] and from 2005 director inICA Norway.[11]
Limi has been a member of theBroadcasting Council.[12]
He is married to party colleague Vibeke Limi.[1] The couple has three children.
| Party political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by position created | Secretary-general of theProgress Party 1988–1994 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Parliamentary Leader of theProgress Party 2017–2020 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | First Deputy Leader of theProgress Party 2023–present | Incumbent |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by | Oslo City Commissioner of Finance and Planning 1991–1992 | Succeeded by |