Irene Ojala (born 8 October 1960) is a
Norwegian politician of the party
Patient Focus in Finnmark.
Education
She is a trained
social planner
In welfare economics, a social planner is a hypothetical decision-maker who attempts to maximize some notion of social welfare function, social welfare. The planner is a fictional entity who chooses allocations for every agent in the economy—for ...
and has a bachelor's degree in High North studies.
Career
She is the leader of the voluntary organization
Patient Focus and the foundation ''Alta Hospital with Patient Focus''.
Parliament
In 2021, Ojala won election to the
Storting
The Storting ( no, Stortinget ) (lit. the Great Thing) is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The unicameral parliament has 169 members and is elected every four years ...
as a representative from
Finnmark
Finnmark (; se, Finnmárku ; fkv, Finmarku; fi, Ruija ; russian: Финнмарк) was a county in the northern part of Norway, and it is scheduled to become a county again in 2024.
On 1 January 2020, Finnmark was merged with the neighbouri ...
.
Following the Storting meeting regarding the electricity prices in September 2022, Ojala was denied to hold a speech because her party was considered an electoral list rather than a political party. She called it "undemocratic". The President of the Storting argued that she still could have held her speech had she asked to participate during the three minutes of discussion.
References
Norwegian politicians
People from Vardø
1960 births
Living people
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