Siv Jensen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Siv Jensen

Norwegian politician

Date of Birth: 01-Jun-1969

Place of Birth: Oslo, Eastern Norway, Norway

Profession: politician, economist

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

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Siv Jensen (born 1 June 1969) is a Norwegian politician who has been Minister of Finance since 2013, and leader of the Progress Party since 2006.
She has been a member of the Norwegian parliament from Oslo since 1997. Born and raised in Oslo, Jensen graduated with a degree in business studies from the Norwegian School of Economics.
She was first elected to parliament in the 1997 parliamentary election, and has later been re-elected for four consecutive terms.
She chaired the parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs from 2001 to 2005, and in 2006 succeeded long-time chairman Carl I.
Hagen as leader of the Progress Party. Jensen was the Progress Party's candidate for Prime Minister in the 2009 parliamentary election, which saw record high results for the party.
For the 2013 parliamentary election she supported prospects of a coalition government headed by the Conservative Party, and led her party into the Solberg Cabinet, the Progress Party's first ever government participation. As of October 2019, Jensen is Norway's longest-serving Minister of Finance since World War II.