Nybakk, Marit

Born 14 February 1947, Nord-Odal, Norway

2009- Third Vice President of the Storting
1987- Member of the Storting for Oslo

1986-1987 Substitute member of the Storting for Oslo

Storting committees

2009- Member, Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs

2005-2009 Second Vice Chair, Standing Committee Foreign Affairs and the Enlarged Foreign Affairs Committee
2001-2005 Chair, Standing Committee on Defence, member, Enlarged Foreign Affairs Committee

1997-2001 Member, Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Enlarged Foreign Affairs Committee

1993-1997 First Vice Chair, Standing Committee on Education, Research and Church Affairs and substitute member, Enlarged Foreign Affairs Committee

1989-1993 Member, Standing Committee on Education and Church Affairs

1986-1989 Member, Standing Committee on Consumer Affairs and Government Administration

Parliamentary delegations

2005- Deputy Head, Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly

2005-2009 Substitute member, Delegation for Relations with the European Parliament
2001-2005 Member, Delegation to the Assembly of Western European Union

1997-2001 Member, Delegation to the Nordic Council, EEA Consultative Committee and Delegation for Relations with the European Parliament

1993-1996, 2000-2001 Substitute member, Delegation to the Assembly of Western European Union

1993-1997 Substitute member, Delegation to the EFTA and EEA Parliamentary Committees

1989-1993 Substitute member, Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

Other positions in the Storting

2001-2005, 2009- Member, Labour Party Group Steering Committee

Public appointments

1987-1988 Chair, Council for the Norwegian Agency for International Development

1986-1988 Chair, Council of the Norwegian Research Council for Applied Social Science

1984-1989 Chair, Nordic Council of Ministers advisory committee for development assistance issues

1984-1986 Vice Chair, Council for the Norwegian Agency for International Development

1981-1984 Vice Chair, Nordic Council of Ministers advisory committee for development assistance issues

Political appointments

2004- Board chair, Oslo Labour Party International Forum, 1998-2004 member 

1999-2004 Chair, Oslo Workers’ Society
1988-1997 Member, political committee of the Oslo Workers’ Society

1984-1998 Board member, Oslo Labour Party

1975-1978 Board member, Oslo Labour Youth League

Appointments in organisations

1995-1997 Vice Chair, Committee for Human Rights in Iran

1992-1997 Chair, Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions' Oslo branch

1985-1988 Vice Chair, Oslo faglige samorg

1980-1983, 1984-1986 Federation secretary, Norwegian Union of Government Employees

1979-1980 Secretary, local board of the Norwegian Union of Government Employees

1981-1983 Editor, SAIH-Perspektiv

1977-1981 Chair, Norwegian Students’ and Academics’ International Assistance Fund

Education and work experience

Language and drama studies in Paris (1968), Cambridge (1974) and Stratford-Upon-Avon (1974)

1974 Postgraduate courses in English, University of Oslo

1972 Cand.mag. degree in English, French and political science, University of Oslo

1983 Information officer, Aksjon Menneskeverd (TV fund-raising campaign)

1977-1980 Executive Officer, County Employment Office in Oslo

1976 Junior Executive Officer, University Foundation for Student Life, University of Oslo

1975 Junior Executive Officer, University of Oslo

1972 English teacher, upper secondary school