Kaci Kullmann Five | |
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Chairwoman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee | |
In office 3 March 2015 – 19 February 2017 | |
Preceded by | Thorbjørn Jagland |
Succeeded by | Berit Reiss-Andersen |
Leader of the Conservative Party | |
In office 20 April 1991 – 10 April 1994 | |
Deputy | John G. Bernander |
Preceded by | Jan P. Syse |
Succeeded by | Jan Petersen |
In office 1 January 1988 – 22 January 1988 Acting | |
Preceded by | Rolf Presthus |
Succeeded by | Jan P. Syse |
Member of the Norwegian Parliament | |
In office 1 October 1981 – 30 September 1997 | |
Constituency | Akershus |
Minister of Trade and Shipping | |
In office 16 October 1989 – 3 November 1990 | |
Prime Minister | Jan P. Syse |
Preceded by | Jan Balstad |
Succeeded by | Eldrid Nordbø |
First Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party | |
In office 25 August 1984 – 22 January 1988 | |
Leader | Erling Norvik Rolf Presthus |
Preceded by | Håkon Randal |
Succeeded by | Wenche Frogn Sellæg |
Second Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party | |
In office 19 March 1982 – 25 August 1984 | |
Leader | Jo Benkow |
Preceded by | Astrid Gjertsen |
Succeeded by | Arne Skauge |
Personal details | |
Born | Karin Cecilie Kullman 13 April 1951 Bærum, Akershus, Norway |
Died | 19 February 2017 Oslo, Norway | (aged 65)
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse | Carsten O. Five (1972–2017; her death) |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | University of Oslo |
Karin Cecilie "Kaci" Kullmann Five (pronounced [ˈkɑːsɪ ˈkʉlːmɑn ˈfiːvə];[tone?] 13 April 1951 – 19 February 2017) was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. She served as a member of parliament from 1981 to 1997, as Minister of Trade and Shipping in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1989 to 1990 and as leader of the Conservative Party from 1991 to 1994. After she left politics in 1997, she held roles in private business, ran her own consultancy and was a board member of Statoil and other companies and organisations.
She was elected by the Storting as a member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee in 2003, became a board member of the Nobel Foundation in 2009 and served as chairwoman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee from 2015 until her death; in this capacity she was responsible for awarding the Nobel Peace Prize.