Julie Remen Midtgarden (born 21 April 1984) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.

Political career

Youth politics

In 2009 she was hired as secretary-general of the Young Conservatives, the youth wing of the Conservative Party.

Government

After the Conservative Party managed to form a cabinet in 2013, Remen was eventually appointed as political adviser for government minister Anniken Hauglie in 2016. They served in the

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, with Remen following Hauglie when the latter changed ministry to the Ministry of

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in 2018. Remen left at the end of 2018, only to return to the cabinet, serving as a State Secretary in the Ministry of Education from April 2019 to January 2020.

Local politics

In 2023 she became City Commissioner (''byråd'') of Education in the Conservative Party's newly formed city government of

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Civic career

She entered the PR business as an adviser in Burston-Marsteller. In 2021, Remen and fellow young politician Zaineb Al-Samarai were hired by Petter Stordalen to his PR firm Storm Communications.

Personal life

Born in

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, she was the students' leader while attending Porsgrunn Upper Secondary School. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in political science from the

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and an executive master of management degree from the

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References

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