Marianne van den Houten Andreassen (born 1 August 1961) is a Norwegian economist and civil servant, who served as the managing director of the Storting from 2018 to 2022.

Biography

Born in

Harstad Harstad may refer to: Places *Harstad (town) Harstad (; ) is a List of towns and cities in Norway, city in Harstad Municipality in Troms county, Norway. The city is also the administrative centre of Harstad Municipality. The city has a populati ...

, Andreassen graduated as an economist from the

University of Oslo The University of Oslo (; ) is a public university, public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation#Europe, oldest university in Norway. Originally named the Royal Frederick Univ ...

in 1985. She has earlier been part of the management of

SpareBank 1 SpareBank 1 is a Norwegian alliance and brand name for a group of savings banks. The alliance is organised through the holding company ''SpareBank 1 Gruppen AS'' owned by the participating banks. In total the alliance is Norway's second largest b ...

, state secretary in the

Ministry of Finance A ministry of finance is a ministry or other government agency in charge of government finance, fiscal policy, and financial regulation. It is headed by a finance minister, an executive or cabinet position . A ministry of finance's portfoli ...

, and director of

Norwegian State Educational Loan Fund The Norwegian State Educational Loan Fund () is a government agency that allocates loans and grants to Norwegian and certain foreign students for their education. Lånekassen was established in 1947. Lånekassen is organized under the Ministry o ...

. From November 2012 to May 2018, she was CEO of the State Loan Fund for Education. She was appointed director of the

Storting The Storting ( ; ) is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The Unicameralism, unicameral parliament has 169 members and is elected every four years based on party-list propo ...

in 2018. She resigned from her position on 28 June 2022 after receiving a fee from the

Norwegian Data Protection Authority The Norwegian Data Protection Authority () is an agency of the Norwegian Government responsible for managing the ''Personal Data Act 2000'', concerning privacy concerns. This Act replaced the ''Data Register Act 1978''. The authority is based ...

as a consequence of a data breach back in 2020. As a politician, she was part of

Brundtland's Third Cabinet Brundtland's Third Cabinet was a minority, Labour Government of Norway. It succeeded the H- Sp- KrF Cabinet Syse, and sat between 3 November 1990 and 25 October 1996.Ministry of Foreign Affairs In many countries, the ministry of foreign affairs (abbreviated as MFA or MOFA) is the highest government department exclusively or primarily responsible for the state's foreign policy and relations, diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral r ...

from January 1992 to October 1993. She advanced to State Secretary until June 1994. From August 1994, she was a State Secretary in the

, continuing as such in

Jagland's Cabinet Jagland's Cabinet governed Norway between 25 October 1996 and 17 October 1997. It had the following composition: Cabinet members ReferencesThorbjørn Jaglands regjering 1996–1997
– Regjeringen.no {{Norwegian Labour Party Cabi ...

, until 1997.

References

1961 births Living people People from Harstad 21st-century Norwegian civil servants University of Oslo alumni Norwegian state secretaries Labour Party (Norway) politicians Norwegian women in politics {{Norway-politician-1960s-stub