Event Date: November 25, 2011 - 9:30 am
Location: Social Sciences Building, 120 Universi
ROGER INGEBRIGTSEN, State Secretary, Norwegian Ministry of Defence.
Presented by CIPS, in association with the Royal Norwegian Embassy.
Free. In English. Registration is not required.
Coffee and morning snacks will be offered.
Roger Ingebrigtsen has been State Secretary in the Norwegian Ministry of Defence since 2010. He has also been State Secretary for Health from 2009 to 2010 and State Secretary of Culture from 2000 to 2001. Other political experience includes Political Adviser in the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development from 1992 to1996 and Leader of the Labor Party in Troms from 2006 to 2010. Outside politics, Ingebrigtsen has been working as a Journalist and Communications Director. Roger Ingebrigtsen is married and has two children. His family was directly hit by terror as Mr. Ingebrigtsens stepdaughter was severely injured during the shooting drama on Utøya, on July 22 this year.