Rebekka Borsch (born 1976) is a German-Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.
Rebekka Borsch | |
|---|---|
 Borsch in 2019 | |
| Born | November 11, 1976 |
| Occupation | Politician |
She hails from Olpe[1] and took her education at the Free University of Berlin.[2] She migrated to Norway in 2003, settling in Nærsnes, and received Norwegian citizenship in 2011.[3]
She was elected to Røyken municipal council and as a deputy member of Buskerud county council, chaired Røyken Liberal Party and Buskerud Liberal Party; and in the Liberal Party nationwide she was a member of the political platform committee and the international committee. For the parliamentary elections, she headed the Liberal Party ballot in Buskerud in 2013[3] and 2017 without winning a seat.
As a personal adviser to Liberal Party leader Trine Skei Grande, Borsch was involved in the pre-discussions around the establishment of Solberg's Cabinet in 2013.[3] The Liberal Party did not join the cabinet at the time, but was brought in later. Borsch became State Secretary for Iselin Nybø in the Ministry of Education in January 2018 and served until January 2020.[4]
Outside of politics, Borsch was employed as a head of department in the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise. She was appointed as chair of the UNESCO Commission of Norway, and in 2023 she was named as chair of the Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, succeeding Arvid Hallén.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Rebekka Borsch - Von Olpe nach Oslo". Westfalenpost (in German). 31 July 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
- ^ Strand, Hilde Kristin; Strømmen, Øyvind (23 January 2018). "Regjeringa dominert av juristar og statsvitarar". På Høyden/Universitetsavisa (in Norwegian). Retrieved 6 March 2024.
- ^ a b c Johnsen, Ronny (28 September 2013). "- Sliten, stresset og utrolig stolt". Dagsavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 6 March 2024.
- ^ "Rebekka Borsch" (in Norwegian). Government.no. 7 November 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
- ^ Opsvik, Andreas Hadsel (13 March 2023). "Rebekka Borsch utnemnd til ny styreleiar i Bjerknessenteret" (in Norwegian Nynorsk). Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research. Retrieved 6 March 2024.