Frank Bakke-Jensen

Frank Bakke-Jensen (born 8 March 1965 in Båtsfjord) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party of Norway. He became the Norwegian Defense Minister on 20 October 2017.[1] He was minister of EEC- and EU affairs between 2016 and 2017. He was mayor of Båtsfjord from 2007 until his election to the Stortinget from Finnmark in 2009. Bakke-Jensen formerly worked as a ship's electrician between Hammerfest and Tromsø, and has also worked as a teacher and self-employed pilot at Båtsfjord Airport. He has also performed military service in the UN Lebanon conflict.

Frank Bakke-Jensen MP
Minister of Defence
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 October 2017
Prime Minister	Erna Solberg
Preceded by	Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide
Minister of European Affairs
In office 20 December 2016 – 20 October 2017
Prime Minister	Erna Solberg
Preceded by	Elisabeth Aspaker
Succeeded by	Marit Berger Røsland
Minister of Nordic Cooperation
In office 20 December 2016 – 17 January 2018
Prime Minister	Erna Solberg
Preceded by	Elisabeth Aspaker
Succeeded by	Jan Tore Sanner
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 October 2009
Constituency	Finnmark
Mayor of Båtsfjord
In office 24 October 2007 – 15 October 2009
Preceded by	Geir Knutsen
Succeeded by	Gunn Marit Nilsen
Personal details
Born	(1965-03-08) 8 March 1965 Båtsfjord, Finnmark, Norway
Nationality	Norwegian
Political party	Conservative

Mayor

Bakke-Jensen was elected mayor in 2007, despite the Labour Party winning 54.7 percent of the vote, and nine of the fifteen representatives in the municipality. After the elections for mayor saw many Ap split from the party, and when the elections saw two of the breakaway group elected. One of the breakaway group did not attend the nomination meeting, and the other did not vote with his party. Therefore, Bakke-Jensen was elected with the Conservative’s four votes, Progress Party's two representatives deciding not to support the Labour Party. As mayor, Bakke-Jensen decided that Båtsfjord should have its own high school within the municipality.

Military service

From 30 August 1990 to 29 November 1991, he was in Lebanon as a soldier in contingents 26 and 27, where he was a radio operator in Tibnin in southern Lebanon.

Later, he spent several years in the Homeguard, where he took a squad leader and later a platoon commander course. He has also taken the elite course at the Norwegian Defence Staff College.[2][3]

Storting committees

• 2009–2013 member of the Standing Committee on Business and Industry
• 2013–2017 member of the Standing Committee on Business and Industry

References

1. Ask, Alf Ole (2017-10-20). "Tre bytter i Regjeringen – Ine Eriksen Søreide første kvinnelige utenriksminister". Aftenposten. Retrieved 2017-10-20.
2. https://www.aftenposten.no/norge/politikk/i/p0LPo/Norges-nye-forsvarsminister-er-FN-veteran
3. https://www.aftenposten.no/norge/politikk/i/p0LPo/Norges-nye-forsvarsminister-er-FN-veteran

External links

• Frank Bakke Jensen at Stortinget

Preceded by Ine Eriksen Søreide	Minister of Defence 2017–	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Elisabeth Aspaker	Minister of European Affairs 2016–2017	Succeeded by Marit Berger Røsland
Preceded by Geir Knutsen	Mayor of Båtsfjord 2007-2009	Succeeded by Gunn Marit Nilsen