Anne Tørå Solsvik (born 25 February 1981) is a Norwegian politician for the

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(''Venstre''). She became State Secretary at Ministry of Education and Research in 2020; until 2020 she was a partner at First House. Between 2007 and 2010 she was the leader of the

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, the youth wing of the Liberal Party. Upon her election she stated that her most important goal was to work for Norwegian membership in the

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. Solsvik is also a member of the city council in her home town

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. From October 2020 she served as a State Secretary in the

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. She left when Solberg's Cabinet fell in October 2021.

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1981 births Living people Politicians from Arendal Liberal Party (Norway) politicians 21st-century Norwegian politicians Norwegian state secretaries Norwegian women state secretaries {{Norway-politician-1980s-stub