22 Facts About Marit Nybakk

Marit Nybakk did not stand for reelection in 2017; at that point she was both Norway's longest-serving incumbent member of parliament and the longest-serving woman of all times.

Marit Nybakk has been one of the Labour Party's principal politicians in foreign and defence affairs since the 1990s and has been her party's spokesperson on defence.

Marit Nybakk was Chairman of the Standing Committee on Defence between 2001 and 2005 and Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs between 2005 and 2009.

Marit Nybakk is a former leader of the Socialist Group in the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.

Marit Nybakk studied English, French and political science in Oslo, Paris and Cambridge, and graduated with the cand.

Marit Nybakk studied theatre and drama in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1974.

Marit Nybakk was elected as a deputy member of the Parliament of Norway, the Storting, for the Oslo constituency in 1985.

Marit Nybakk became a full representative in 1987, following the death of Foreign Minister Knut Frydenlund.

Marit Nybakk was reelected as a member of parliament for the Oslo constituency in 1989,1993,1997,2001,2005,2009, and 2013.

Marit Nybakk has for several years been the Labour Party's second candidate from the Oslo constituency, second only to party leader and Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg.

Since the 1990s, Marit Nybakk has focused on foreign and defence policy, and has been one of the Labour Party's principal politicians covering this field.

Marit Nybakk was Chairman of the Standing Committee on Defence between 2001 and 2005 and Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs between 2005 and 2009.

Marit Nybakk has been a delegate to the United Nations General Assembly since 2004.

Marit Nybakk was a delegate to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly from 2005 to 2013, and became leader of the Socialist Group in 2009.

In 2012, Marit Nybakk was elected as the President of the Nordic Council for the term 2013.

Marit Nybakk was leader of the Oslo chapter of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions from 1992 to 1997.

Marit Nybakk was succeeded by Supreme Court Justice Karin M Bruzelius on 16 June 2018.

Marit Nybakk became a board member of the Forum for Women and Development in November 2016.

Marit Nybakk is a member of the advisory board of the Oslo Center, founded by former Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik, and a member of the council of SOS Children's Villages in Norway.

Marit Nybakk is considered a Third Way pragmatic social democrat; she is widely described as a member of the right wing of the Labour Party.

Marit Nybakk supported the war in Afghanistan, and argued that it liberated women in the country.

Marit Nybakk has advocated women's human rights, especially in states such as Iran and other areas of the Middle East.