Kristin Krohn Devold (Born August 12th, 1961)

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Kristin Krohn Devold is a Norwegian politician and is married with two children. She belongs to the Norwegian conservative party, Høyre. She was elected as a Member of the Norwegian Parliament (Stortinget), representing Oslo, from 1993 to 2005 and became the Norwegian Minister of Defense in 2001 and held the position until 2005. She was involved, as Defense Minister, in the war on terrorism and sent Norwegian solders to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan. In 2003, She was mentioned as a possible candidate for the position of Secretary General of NATO to replace The Right Honourable Lord Robertson of Port Ellen, but eventually lost out to Jaap de Hoop Scheffer.

Kristin holds a Master of Science Degree in Business from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (NHH), Bergen, 1985.

Mrs Krohn Devold has a website at: www.kjenfolk.no/politikere/devold/

© 2006 Patrick Krohn

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