Heikki Eidsvoll Holmås (born 28 June 1972 in Voss) is a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party (SV). He served as Minister of International Development from 2012 to 2013 being the last to serve in the position until Nikolai Astrup in 2018.

Heikki Holmås
Minister of International Development
In office
23 March 2012 (2012-03-23) – 16 October 2013 (2013-10-16)
Prime MinisterJens Stoltenberg
Preceded byErik Solheim
Succeeded byNikolai Atsrup (2018)
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
In office
1 October 2001 – 30 September 2017
ConstituencyOslo
Personal details
Born
Heikki Eidsvoll Holmås

(1972-06-28) 28 June 1972 (age 52)
Voss, Hordaland, Norway
Political partySocialist Left
ParentStig Holmås (father)
OccupationPolitician

Personal life

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Holmås is son of librarian/writer Stig Holmås and engineer/textile worker Ingebjørg Monsen.

Heikki Holmås married his wife in 2012.[1] In 2013 his stepfather died in the In Amenas terror attack.[2]

Board game player

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Heikki Holmås is a former Diplomacy player and won the 1994 Norway Championship.[3]

Career

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He has served as member of the Parliament of Norway, representing Oslo from 2001 – 2012. He previously served as a deputy representative from 1997 – 2001. He is nominated on the top spot on Oslo SV's ballot for the 2013 Norwegian parliamentary election.[4]

Holmås finished upper secondary school at Bergen Cathedral School, in Bergen from 1988 to 1991. Before entering politics, he worked as a waste collection worker in the Municipality of Bergen.[5]

Holmås has been a columnist in both the woman's magazine Kamille and in the left-wing newspaper Klassekampen. He has contributed with an article in a book about climate change, Kan hende det gjelder å redde vår jord – Om venstresiden og klimapolitikken published in Norwegian in 2009 by Manifest.

References

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  1. ^ Gunn Kari Heggvik: Heikki Holmås tok med bryllupsgjestene på blåtur VG, 29 September 2012
  2. ^ NTB: Stefaren til utviklingsministeren drept i Algerie (In Norwegian) NRK, 25 January 2013
  3. ^ Heikki Holmås in The World Diplomacy Database.
  4. ^ Martin Herman Wiedswang Zondag: Holmås vant SV-thrilleren NRK, 4 December 2012 (In Norwegian)
  5. ^ "Heikki Holmås kommer på SNU! | Changemaker Norge". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
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Party political offices
Preceded by Leader of the Socialist Youth
1996–1999
Succeeded by