Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide

Norwegian politician

Date of Birth: 02-May-1976

Place of Birth: Lørenskog, Akershus, Norway

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide (born 2 May 1976) is a Norwegian politician serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs since 2017, the first woman to hold the position.
Previously, she was the Minister of Defence from 2013 to 2017.
A member of the Conservative Party, she was elected in 2005 as a member of the Storting for Oslo.
Søreide was appointed Norway's Foreign Minister on 20 October 2017.
She succeeded Børge Brende.Born in Lørenskog, from 1995 Søreide studied law at the University of Tromsø, while at university she joined the Conservative Party and got involved in local politics.
In 2000 she became a member of the Conservative Party Central Executive Committee and Chairman of the Norwegian Young Conservatives.
Eriksen Søreide started work as a producer at Metropol TV, she was also elected a Deputy Member of the Storting for Oslo.
Following Metropol's closure Eriksen Søreide joined Grette Law Firm as a trainee, in September 2005 she was elected a Member of the Storting for the first time; in September 2009 she was elected again.