Christine B. Meyer
{{Short description|Norwegian academic, politician and civil servant}}
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| honorific_prefix = Professor
| name = Christine B. Meyer
| honorific_suffix = PhD
| image = Christine B. Meyer (174430)-2.jpg
| caption = Meyer in 2017
| office = Chief Commissioner of Bergen
| term_start = 30 October 2023
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| 1blankname = Mayor
| 1namedata = Marit Warncke
| deputy = Marte Monstad
| predecessor = Rune Bakervik
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| office2 = Bergen City Commissioner for Health and Social Affairs
| term_start2 = 29 April 2009
| term_end2 = 24 January 2011
| 2blankname2 = Chief Commissioner
| 2namedata2 = Monica Mæland
| predecessor2 = Liv Røssland
| successor2 = Hilde Onarheim
| office3 = Bergen City Commissioner for Finance
| term_start3 = 29 October 2007
| term_end3 = 29 April 2009
| 3blankname3 = Chief Commissioner
| 3namedata3 = Monica Mæland
| predecessor3 = Henning Warloe
| successor3 = Henning Warloe
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| birth_place = Bergen, Hordaland, Norway
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| party = Conservative
| nationality = Norwegian
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Christine Benedichte Meyer (born 22 January 1964) is a Norwegian business administration academic, politician for the Conservative Party and civil servant. She currently serves as the Chief Commissioner of Bergen since 2023.
She has served as State Secretary in the Ministry of Labour, and been City Commissioner for Finance and City Commissioner for Health in Bergen. She was Director General of the Norwegian Competition Authority from 2011 to 2015, and Director General of Statistics Norway from 2015 to 2017.
Career
=Government=
Meyer served as State Secretary in the Ministry of Labour from 2001 to 2003.
=Local politics=
Meyer served as Bergen Commissioner for Finance, Competition and Government Reform in the city government of Bergen from 2007 to 2009, when she switched jobs to become City Commissioner for Health and Inclusion from 2009 to 2011.
In June 2022, she became the Bergen Conservatives' candidate for Chief Commissioner in the 2023 local elections.{{cite web | url = https://www.nrk.no/vestland/lederstriden-i-bergen-hoyre-er-avsluttet_-christine-meyer-vant-knapt-1.16003848 | title = Christine Meyer er den nye byrådslederkandidaten i Bergen Høyre | publisher = NRK Vestland | date = 15 June 2022 | access-date = 27 August 2023 | language = no}} During the campaign, she had pledged to not revisit the verdict of building the new Bergen light rail over Bryggen, but later backtracked and was open for renegotiating the decision. The election in Bergen led to no coalition having a clear majority. Meyer and the Conservatives initially negotiated with the Christian Democrats and Liberal Party, but later went to negotiate with the Progress Party and Centre Party about forming a new city government.{{cite web | url= https://www.nrk.no/vestland/foran-hele-norge-lovet-christine-meyer-slutt-pa-bybanekrangel-1.16567568 | title = Foran hele Norge lovet Høyre-toppen slutt på bybanekrangel – så snudde de | publisher = NRK Vestland | date = 22 September 2023 | access-date = 23 September 2023 | language = no}}{{cite web | url = https://www.nrk.no/vestland/christine-meyer-og-hoyre-vil-danne-byrad-med-frp-og-sp-i-bergen-1.16568458 | title = Høyre vil danne mindretallsbyråd med Frp og Sp i Bergen | publisher = NRK Vestland | date = 22 September 2023 | access-date = 23 September 2023 | language = no}} On 6 October, the Conservatives reached an agreement to form a new majority with the Bergen List, Progress, Centre, Industry and Business and Pensioners' parties.{{cite web | url = https://www.nrk.no/vestland/hoyre-enige-med-fem-parti-om-byradssamarbeid-i-bergen-1.16574688 | title = Høyre: – Enighet om byrådssamarbeid i Bergen | publisher = NRK Vestland | date = 6 October 2023 | access-date = 6 October 2023 | language = no}} She and her government assumed office on 30 October, consisting of the Conservatives, Progress and Centre parties, with Marte Monstad of the Progress Party as Meyer's deputy.{{cite web | url = https://www.nrk.no/vestland/val-2023_-dette-er-christine-meyer-sitt-nye-byrad-i-bergen-1.16616247 | title = Overrasking i det nye byrådet i Bergen: Ukjent joker får bybane-ansvaret | publisher = NRK Vestland | date = 30 October 2023 | access-date = 30 October 2023 | language = nn}}{{cite web | url = https://www.nrk.no/vestland/byradsleiar-christine-meyer-er-i-velferdspermisjon--1.17046606 | title = Byrådsleiar Christine Meyer er i velferdspermisjon | publisher = NRK Vestland | date = 17 September 2024 | access-date = 18 September 2024 | language = nn}}
=Civic career=
In December 2010, she was nominated to become Director General of the Norwegian Competition Authority. She assumed office in April 2011, and held the position until 2015.{{cite web | url = https://www.nettavisen.no/nyheter/toppjobb-til-meyer/s/12-95-3049447 | title = Toppjobb til Meyer | publisher = Nettavisen | date = 17 December 2010 | access-date = 27 August 2023 | language = no}}
In June 2015, she was nominated to become Director General of Statistics Norway. She resigned her position in November 2017 after losing confidence from the Ministry of Finance in organising a major restructuring of the bureau.{{cite web | url = https://www.nrk.no/norge/christine-meyer-gar-av-som-ssb-sjef-1.13772007 | title = Christine Meyer går av som SSB-sjef | publisher = NRK | date = 9 November 2017 | access-date = 27 August 2023 | language = no}}
Personal life
She was born in Bergen on 22 January 1964, and has worked as a Professor of Strategy and Management at the Norwegian School of Economics.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Christine B. Meyer |first1=Knut Are |last1=Tvedt |author1-link=Knut Are Tvedt |first2=Olav |last2=Garvik |author2-link=Olav Garvik |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Christine_B._Meyer |language=Norwegian|accessdate=21 August 2017}}
She was married to former minister of administration Victor D. Norman between 2005 and 2024, when he passed away.{{cite web | url = https://www.nrk.no/vestland/victor-norman-er-dod-1.17053091 | title = Victor Norman er død | publisher = NRK Vestland | date = 21 September 2024 | access-date = 21 September 2024 | language = nb}}
References
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{{s-bef|before=Knut Eggum Johansen}}
{{s-ttl|title=Director General of the Norwegian Competition Authority|years=2011–2015}}
{{s-aft|after=Magnus Gabrielsen (acting)}}
{{s-bef|before=Hans Henrik Scheel}}
{{s-ttl|title=Director General of Statistics Norway|years=2015–2017}}
{{s-aft|after=Birger Vikøren (acting)}}
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{{s-bef|before=Henning Warloe}}
{{s-ttl|title=City Commissioner for Finance in Bergen|years=2007–2009}}
{{s-aft|after=Henning Warloe}}
{{s-bef|before=Liv Røssland}}
{{s-ttl|title=City Commissioner for Health in Bergen|years=2009–2011}}
{{s-aft|after=Hilde Onarheim}}
{{s-bef|before=Rune Bakervik}}
{{s-ttl|title=Chief Commissioner of Bergen|years=2023–present}}
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Category:Politicians from Bergen
Category:Norwegian business theorists
Category:Academic staff of the Norwegian School of Economics
Category:Norwegian state secretaries
Category:Conservative Party (Norway) politicians
Category:Norwegian women in politics