Marianne Andreassen

Norwegian economist and civil servant

Marianne Andreassen

Managing Director of the Storting
In office
2 May 2018 – 28 June 2022
Preceded by| Ida Børresen
State Secretary for the Ministry of Finance
In office
19 August 1994 – 17 October 1997
Prime Minister| Gro Harlem Brundtland
Minister| Sigbjørn Johnsen
Jens Stoltenberg
State Secretary for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
In office
15 October 1993 – 24 June 1994
Prime Minister| Gro Harlem Brundtland
Minister| Johan Jørgen Holst
Bjørn Tore Godal
Personal details
Born|  (1961-08-01) 1 August 1961 (age 63)
Harstad, Troms, Norway
Alma mater| University of Oslo
Occupation| Civil servant

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

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Born in Harstad,[1] Andreassen graduated as an economist from the University of Oslo in 1985. She has earlier been part of the management of SpareBank 1, state secretary in the Ministry of Finance, and director of Norwegian State Educational Loan Fund. From November 2012 to May 2018, she was CEO of the State Loan Fund for Education.[2][3] She was appointed director of the Storting in 2018.[4][5] She resigned from her position on 28 June 2022 after receiving a fee from the Norwegian Data Protection Authority as a consequence of a data breach back in 2020.[6]

As a politician, she was part of Brundtland's Third Cabinet as a political adviser in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from January 1992 to October 1993. She advanced to State Secretary until June 1994. From August 1994, she was a State Secretary in the Ministry of Finance, continuing as such in Jagland's Cabinet, until 1997.[7]

## References

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1. ^ "Stortingets nye direktør er fra Harstad". vol.no (in Norwegian). 7 April 2018.
2. ^ "Skal forvalte 119 milliarder". Archived from the original on 13 June 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
3. ^ Lars Richard Olsen; Harstad Tidende (7 April 2018). "Stortingets nye direktør er fra Harstad". Vesteraalens avis (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 23 September 2018.
4. ^ Aspøy, Arild. "Marianne Andreassen". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
5. ^ "Marianne Andreassen tilsatt som direktør". stortinget.no (in Norwegian). 12 April 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
6. ^ "Stortingets direktør sier opp" (in Norwegian). TV 2. 28 June 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
7. ^ "Marianne Andreassen". Government.no. 23 March 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2018.

Civic offices

Preceded by

|  Director of the Norwegian State Educational Loan Fund
–2018  | Succeeded by

Preceded by

Kyrre Grimstad (acting)

|  Managing director of the Storting
2018–  |  Succeeded by

incumbent

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