Kristin Clemet

Kristin Clemet is general manager of Civita, a liberal think tank in Oslo. She has had a long history of public service. She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament for the Conservative Party in 1989, where she served as Minister of Labour and Government Administration (1989-1990). She later became editor-in-chief of the Conservative Party’s journal Tidens Tegn from 1993 to 1997 and Vice Managing Director of the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprises from 1998 to 2001.

She served as Minister of Education and Research from 2001 to 2005. As Minister of Education and Research, Clemet became known for her work in carrying out “The Quality Reform” (Kvalitetsreformen) in the Norwegian university system. She has a Master of Business Administration from the Norwegian School of Economics.