Tore Grobæk Vamraak (born 3 December 1980) is a Norwegian economist and politician for the Conservative Party. Having worked in the fields of economy and politics, he was appointed State Secretary from 2013 to 2018, and elected deputy representative to the

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from the constituency of

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for the period 2021–2025.

Career

Born on 3 December 1980, Vamraak enrolled at the

Norwegian School of Economics The Norwegian School of Economics () or NHH is a business school situated in Bergen, Norway. It was founded in 1936 as Norway's first business school and is the leading teaching and research institution in Norway for the fields of management and ...

at the age of 16. Graduating as an economist in 2000, he studied further subjects in natural sciences and

political science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and Power (social and political), power, and the analysis of political activities, political philosophy, political thought, polit ...

at the

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. His job assignments include researcher at the

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from 2001 to 2006, trainee and

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at the Norges Bank Investment Management from 2006 to 2010, and advisor at the Conservative Party parliamentary caucus from 2010 to 2013. Taking part in local politics, Vamraak was member of the executive committee of

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from 2011 to 2013. He was appointed State Secretary in Solberg's Cabinet; first at the Office of the Prime Minister from 2013 to 2015, and thereafter in the Ministry of Finance from 2015 to 2018. As State Secretary he was responsible for the Government Pension Fund and for

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s. After ending his assignment as State Secretary, Vamraak was junior partner and associate partner in

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from 2018 to 2020. In 2020 he was appointed as chief economist for Econa, a trade union for business administrators. He was elected deputy representative to the

from the constituency of

for the period 2021–2025, for the Conservative Party. He replaced

Jan Tore Sanner Jan Tore Sanner (born 6 May 1965) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party who has held several ministerial positions in Erna Solberg's government between 2013 and 2021. He was also the party's deputy leader from 2004 to 2022, having ...

in the Storting from 1 to 14 October 2021 while Sanner was still government minister. Becoming chief economist for

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in 2023, he moved to

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. He was also elected to the executive committee of

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in the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vamraak, Tore 1980 births Living people People from Lillestrøm Norwegian economists Norwegian School of Economics alumni Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Norwegian state secretaries Members of the Storting Akershus politicians Aust-Agder politicians