Kari Elisabeth Kaski
Kaski in 2017
Second Vice Chair of the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs
Assumed office
21 October 2021
LeaderEigil Knutsen
Preceded byHans Andreas Limi
Member of the Storting
Assumed office
1 October 2017
ConstituencyOslo
Personal details
Born (1987-07-12) 12 July 1987 (age 36)
Kirkenes, Finnmark, Norway
Political partySocialist Left
SpouseOla Wolff Elvevold
Children2 (1 deceased)
Alma materBI Norwegian Business School
University of Oslo
University of Burgundy
OccupationPolitician

Kari Elisabeth Kaski (born 12 July 1987) is a Norwegian politician. A member of the Socialist Left Party, she has been an MP for Oslo since 2017, and the second vice chair of the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs since 2021.[1]

Personal life and education

Born in Kirkenes, Kaski studied at the BI Norwegian Business School, the University of Oslo, and the University of Burgundy, albeit without completion of a full degree.[2]

She is the sister of Ragnhild Kaski, a former general secretary of the Workers' Youth League.[3]

She is married to fellow party member Ola Wolff Elvevold, with whom she has one child. She was originally going to give birth to twins but one died before it was born.[4][5]

Political career

Party politics

Kaski is currently the party's spokesperson on finance.[6]

She was the party's general secretary from 2015 to 2017. She then became a member of the party's Working Committee.[7]

She and Torgeir Knag Fylkesnes were the two candidates for the Second Deputy leadership at the party's 2019 convention after Snorre Valen had announced that he would be stepping down. Fylkesnes won with 108 votes against Kaski's 100. After her loss, she criticised the leadership for not having a strong environmental profile.[8]

After Audun Lysbakken announced that he would not be seeking re-election as leader, Kaski was floated as a possible contender to succeed him, alongside Kirsti Bergstø and Torgeir Knag Fylkesnes.[9] She was endorsed by the party's county chapters in Viken, Vestfold and Telemark and Nordland. Aftenposten also reported that it was likely for the Socialist Youth to endorse her, as they had done so before.[10] However, on 2 January 2023, Kaski announced that she wouldn't be seeking the leadership, citing family reasons.[11]

Parliament

Kaski was elected to the Storting in the 2017 election.[12] She won re-election in 2021. In addition, she became the second deputy chair of the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs.[13]

In her capacity as the party's spokesperson on finance, she helped to negotiate with the government parties, Labour and Centre Party, on the revised state budget for 2022.[14]

References

  1. ^ "Kaski, Kari Elisabeth". stortinget.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  2. ^ Tvedt, Knut Are. "Kari Elisabeth Kaski". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Her er klima-kvinnen som skal berge SV" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. 12 March 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Hadde viktige forhandlinger. Så sprakk en nyhet som skapte stor stemning" (in Norwegian). Avisa Oslo. 2 April 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Kari Elisabeth Kaski: – Jeg og Ola blir likevel ikke tvillingforeldre" (in Norwegian). Avisa Oslo. 20 May 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  6. ^ "Kari Elisabeth Kaski" (in Norwegian). Kapital. 26 August 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  7. ^ "Audun Herning valgt til ny partisekretær i SV" (in Norwegian). Dagsavisen. 18 March 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  8. ^ "Torgeir Knag Fylkesnes valgt til nestleder i SV. – Synd med en ledelse uten sterk miljøprofil, mener motkandidaten" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. 30 March 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  9. ^ "Var i konflikt med Kirsti Bergstø: − For meg er hun ikke noen lederkandidat" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. 11 November 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  10. ^ "Flere fylkesledere peker på Kaski som ny SV-leder: – Et av våre sterkeste kort" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. 11 November 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  11. ^ "Kaski vil ikke bli ny SV-leder" (in Norwegian). NRK. 2 January 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  12. ^ "Kari kommer på Tinget" (in Norwegian). groruddalen.no. 18 September 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  13. ^ "SV - Kari Elisabeth Kaski" (in Norwegian). Socialist Left Party. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  14. ^ "Kaski skaffet den største slegga" (in Norwegian). Nettavisen. 30 November 2021. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
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