Ellen Christine Christiansen (born 10 December 1964) is a Norwegian politician representing the Conservative Party and formerly the Progress Party. Born in

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, she finished her secondary education at Oslo Commerce School in 1983. She thereupon studied economics for two years, before starting her studies at the

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. From 1992 to 1993, she worked as a secretary for the European Movement in Norway. She was a member of the

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council of Bislett–

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from 1983 to 1987 and of the executive committee of Oslo city council from 1987 to 1990. She was appointed as City Commissioner of the Boroughs from 1990 to 1991, when she reverted to being a council member. She sat until 1995. From 1990 to 1994 she was also a member of the Progress Party's central board. In

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she was elected to the

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from Oslo. She served in the

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. Following the

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she left the Progress Party. Ahead of the convention she had submitted party-critical resolutions together with Ellen Wibe, Roy Wetterstad, Oscar Hillgaar and

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. The group had some support, but was a clear minority. Christiansen left her post in the central board already during the convention, and she left the party two weeks after the convention. She continued the rest of the term as an

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, but was a founding member of the new political organization Free Democrats. She chaired this organization from 1994 to 1996. Christiansen later joined the Conservative Party, which she represented as City Commissioner of Healthcare from 2000 to 2002. In 2003 she became leader of the borough chapter of

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. Between her parliamentary spell and her second period as City Commissioner, she had a civic job as information director in

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. From 2004 she has worked in the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Service as county director. She was also deputy chair of Oslo Energi Holding from 1997 to 2000 and Sunnaas Hospital from 1999 to 2000, and board member of Hafslund from 2003 to 2007 and

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from 2006.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Christiansen, Ellen Christine 1964 births Living people Politicians from Oslo Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Progress Party (Norway) politicians Women members of the Storting TV3 (Norwegian TV channel) people 20th-century Norwegian women politicians Members of the Storting 1993–1997