Irene Bauer

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| name = Irene Bauer

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| office1 = 23rd President of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights

| term_start1 = 1988

| term_end1 = 1990

| predecessor1 = Sigrun Hoel

| successor1 = Siri Hangeland

| birth_date = 20 March 1945

| death_date = {{death-date and age|13 June 2016|20 March 1945}}

| nationality = Norwegian

| party = Labour Party

| spouse =

| occupation = civil servant and politician

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Irene Bauer (20 March 1945 – 13 June 2016) was a Norwegian senior government official, Labour Party politician and feminist. She served as president of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights from 1988 to 1990.Elisabeth Lønnå: Stolthet og kvinnekamp: Norsk kvinnesaksforenings historie fra 1913, Gyldendal Norsk Forlag, 1996, {{ISBN|8205244952}} She also served as a political adviser to the Parliamentary Group of the Labour Party and as the (politically appointed) Private Secretary (now known as Political Adviser) to Minister of Trade and Industry Finn Kristensen in 1989.{{cite web |url=http://www.regjeringen.no/templates/RedaksjonellArtikkel.aspx?id=426614&epslanguage=NO |title=Olje- og energidepartementet - politisk rådgiver |publisher=regjeringen.no |date=2006-11-17 |accessdate=2013-10-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005003006/http://www.regjeringen.no/templates/RedaksjonellArtikkel.aspx?id=426614&epslanguage=NO |archivedate=2013-10-05 }} She served as a Director in the Ministry of the Environment from 1997.{{cite web |url=http://www.regjeringen.no/nb/dep/md/dep/org/avdelinger/internasjonalt_samarbeid/polarsaker_og_samarbeid_med_russland/personer-i-pr-2/avdelingsdirektor-irene-bauer.html?id=492918 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130703154240/http://www.regjeringen.no/nb/dep/md/dep/org/avdelinger/internasjonalt_samarbeid/polarsaker_og_samarbeid_med_russland/personer-i-pr-2/avdelingsdirektor-irene-bauer.html?id=492918 |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 3, 2013 |title=Avdelingsdirektør Irene Bauer |publisher=regjeringen.no |date=2007-11-29 |accessdate=2013-10-01 }} She has also worked at the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy. She was the mother of the noted comedian Thomas Giertsen.[http://www.seher.no/kjendis/thomas-giertsen-i-sorg-87358 Thomas Giertsen i sorg], Seher