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Tor Mikkel Wara
The Norwegian Parliament (Stortinget)
Member of parliament
Norway
Biography
Biography
Date of birth: 27 December in Karasjok, Finnmark
Parliamentary terms
Member of Parliament no. 15 for Oslo, 1989–1993, Progress Party
Member of Parliament no. 3 for Buskerud, 2025–2029, Progress Party
Storting committees
1989–1993
Member, Standing Committee on Finance, 23 October 1989–30 September 1993
2025–2029
Member, Standing Committee on energy and the Environment, 11 October 2025–15 October 2025
First Vice Chair, Standing Committee on energy and the Environment, 11 October 2025–30 September 2025
Parliamentary delegations
1989–1993
Member, Delegation to EFTA and EEA Parliamentary Committees, 24 November 1989–30 September 1993
2025–2029
Member, European Consultative Committee, 4 November 2025–30 September 2029
Member, Delegation to EFTA and EEA Parliamentary Committees, 4 November 2025–30 September 2029
Substitute member, Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, 4 November 2025–30 September 2029
Membership of group steering committees
1989–1993
Secretary, Progress Party Group Steering Committee, 1 October 1989–30 September 1992
Government positions
Government minister, Ministry of Justice and Public Security, 4 April 2018–22 January 2019
Government minister, Ministry of Justice and Public Security, 22 January 2019–29 March 2019
Education and professional experience
Education
Student, 1984
Ex.phil., 1984
Intermediate level in Economics, University of Oslo, 1987
Political Science, University of Oslo, 1992
Norwegian Defence University College, Senior Officers’ Course, 1993
Marketing Management, BI Norwegian Business School, 1994
Professional
Managing Director, Geelmuyden-Kiese Advertising, 1994–1995
Partner, Geelmuyden-Kiese, 1995–1997
Partner, Madland & Wara, 1998–2003
Wara Consulting, from 2003
Partner, First House, 2010–2018
Partner, First House, 2020–2024
Appointments
Municipal political service
Member, Oslo City Council 1987–1989
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