Lise Christoffersen (born 5 August 1955 in

Drammen Drammen () is a city and municipality in Viken, Norway. The port and river city of Drammen is centrally located in the south-eastern and most populated part of Norway. Drammen municipality also includes smaller towns and villages such as Konner ...

) is a

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politician for the Labour Party. She was elected to the

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from

Buskerud Buskerud () is a former county and a current electoral district in Norway, bordering Akershus, Oslo, Oppland, Sogn og Fjordane, Hordaland, Telemark and Vestfold. The region extends from the Oslofjord and Drammensfjorden in the southeast to Har ...

in 2005. On the local level, Christoffersen was a member of

city council from 1983 to 2003, serving as deputy mayor from 1991 to 1995 and mayor from 1995 to 2003. Outside politics she graduated as

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from the

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in 1979, and took the master's degree in

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in 1989. She was a research fellow there from 1982 to 1983, and a researcher at ''Institutt for sosialforskning'' from 1989 to 1995. In addition to her role in parliament, Christoffersen has been serving as member of the Norwegian delegation to the

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since 2009. As member of the Labour Party, she is vice-chairwoman of the

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. She is currently a member of the Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by

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(Monitoring Committee). Alongside

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(2017-2019) and

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(since 2019), she serves as the Assembly's co-rapporteur on

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.Rapporteurs condemn violence in Parliament of Skopje, call on political parties to reach political agreement

, press release of April 28, 2017.

References

* 1955 births Living people Labour Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting Mayors of places in Buskerud Politicians from Drammen University of Oslo alumni Women mayors of places in Norway 20th-century Norwegian women politicians 20th-century Norwegian politicians 21st-century Norwegian politicians 21st-century Norwegian women politicians Women members of the Storting {{Norway-politician-1950s-stub