Geir Barvik
Geir Barvik | |
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Director-General of the Directorate of Integration and Diversity | |
In office 2010–2016 | |
Preceded by | Osmund Kaldheim |
Succeeded by | Libe Rieber-Mohn |
Managing Director of the Norwegian State Housing Bank | |
In office 2001–2010 | |
Preceded by | Lars Wilhelmsen |
Succeeded by | Bård Øistensen |
Personal details | |
Born | 19 May 1958 Bø, Telemark |
Nationality | Norwegian |
Geir Barvik (born 19 May 1958, in Bø, Telemark) is a Norwegian civil servant. He served as Managing Director of the Norwegian State Housing Bank from 2001 to 2010 and as Director-General of the Directorate of Integration and Diversity from 2010 to 2016. From 2016 he is a Director in the Ministry of Justice and Public Security.
Career
[edit]Barvik worked at the Norwegian State Housing Bank and in the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development, where he was a Principal Officer from 1991, Assistant Director General from 1992 and Deputy Director General from 1994.
He was appointed as Managing Director of the Norwegian State Housing Bank by the King-in-Council in 2001, and held the position until 2010.[1] In 2010 he was appointed by the King-in-Council as the Director General of the Directorate of Integration and Diversity.[2] In 2016 he was succeeded by Libe Rieber-Mohn.[3]
Background
[edit]Barvik grew up in Bø, Telemark, and lives in Asker. He is married and has two children.[4] He was formerly a member of the Socialist Left Party, but quit the party due to its opposition to the EU in the early 1990s.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Geir Barvik ny husbankdirektør" (Press release). Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development. 1 June 2001. Retrieved 19 December 2008.
- ^ "Geir Barvik utnevnt til ny IMDi-direktør" (Press release). Ministry of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion. 21 May 2010. Retrieved 22 December 2010.
- ^ Libe Rieber-Mohn blir ny direktør for IMDi, Government of Norway
- ^ Bakkemoen, Edel (13 April 2002). "Høyt under taket hos husbanksjefen". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 19 December 2008.
- ^ Dagbladet Magasinet 1 December 2012, section B, part 2, page 26