Grete faremo biography channel

Norwegian jurist and politician

Grete Faremo (born 16 June ) is a Norwegian politician, lawyer and business leader. From August to May , she held the post of Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS).

During her political career, she held high-level positions in the Norwegian Government including Minister of Justice from and –, Minister of Petroleum and Energy in , Minister of International Development from and Minister of Defence from –

Family background and professional career

Faremo was born in Arendal in and grew up in Byglandsfjord,^[1]Setesdal, southern Norway.

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She is the daughter of the Norwegian politician Osmund Faremo () and Tora Aamlid (). Much of Faremo's early political philosophy was strongly influenced by her father, who was a prisoner of war during the Second World War, after being arrested as part of Adolf Hitler's Nacht und Nebel directive.

Faremo attended Hornnes Gymn