Ivar B. Prestbakmo
{{short description|Norwegian politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| office = State Secretary to the Minister of Research and Higher Education
| term_start = 23 January 2024
| term_end = 15 November 2024
| primeminister = Jonas Gahr Støre
| minister = Oddmund Løkensgard Hoel
| predecessor = Oddmund Løkensgard Hoel
| successor = Signe Bjotveit
| office1 = Deputy Member of the Storting
| term_start1 = 1 October 2021
| term_end1 =
| 1blankname1 = Deputising for
| 1namedata1 = Sandra Borch {{small|(2021–2024)}}
| constituency1 = Troms
| term_start2 = 1 October 1993
| term_end2 = 30 September 2001
| constituency2 = Troms
| office3 = County Mayor of Troms and Finnmark
| term_start3 = 1 January 2020
| term_end3 = 14 December 2021
| 1blankname3 = Cabinet Chair
| 1namedata3 = Bjørn Inge Mo
| deputy3 = Tarjei Jensen Bech
| predecessor3 = Position established
| successor3 = Tarjei Jensen Bech
| office4 = Troms County Commissioner for Transport and the Environment
| term_start4 = 8 January 2014
| term_end4 = 28 October 2019
| 1blankname4 = Cabinet Chair
| 1namedata4 = Line Fusdahl
Cecilie Myrseth
Willy Ørnebakk
| predecessor4 = Terje Olsen
| successor4 = Kristina Hansen (Transport)
Bjarne Rhode (Environment)
| office5 = Mayor of Salangen Municipality
| term_start5 = October 1999
| term_end5 = 20 January 2014
| deputy5 = Oddveig Kristiansen
Lars Johan Hellefossmo
Karin Haugli Zachariassen
Gry Hege Rognsaa
Ronny Karlsen
| predecessor5 = Astrid Tunheim
| successor5 = Sigrun W. Prestbakmo
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|11|7|df=y}}
| birth_place =
| spouse = Sigrun Wiggen Prestbakmo
| party = Centre
}}
Ivar Bühring Prestbakmo (born 7 November 1968) is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party. He currently serves as a deputy member of the Storting for Troms since 2021, having previously done so from 1993 to 2001. Prestbakmo was mayor of Salangen Municipality from 1999 to 2014, when he became county commissioner for transport and the environment until 2019.
Political career
=Local politics=
On the local level, Prestbakmo served as mayor of Salangen Municipality from 1999 to 2014. Upon being elected, Oddveig Kristiansen was deputy mayor until resigning in 2001 and was replaced by Lars Johan Hellefossmo.{{cite web | url = https://www.fremover.no/lokale-nyheter/tar-over-som-varaordforer/s/1-55-272796 | title = Tar over som varaordfører | publisher = Fremover | date = 20 June 2001 | access-date = 15 October 2023 | language = no}} Following the 2003 local elections, the Conservatives' Karin Haugli Zachariassen became deputy mayor.{{cite web | url = https://www.nrk.no/tromsogfinnmark/valget-i-salangen-kommune-1.205067 | title = Valget i Salangen kommune | publisher = NRK Troms og Finnmark | date = 18 June 2003 | access-date = 15 October 2023 | language = no}} Zachariassen was succeeded by Gry Hege Rognsaa from the Centre Party following the 2007 local elections.{{cite web | url = https://www.folkebladet.no/nyheter/i/8B6mjw/slik-blir-det-politiske-salangen | title = Slik blir det politiske Salangen | publisher = Folkebladet | date = 28 September 2007 | access-date = 15 October 2023 | language = no}} The Conservatives returned to the deputy mayor post with Ronny Karlsen following the 2011 local elections.{{cite web | url = https://www.ht.no/nyheter/i/B3OBxv/prestbakmo-fortsetter | title = Prestbakmo fortsetter | publisher = Harstad Tidende | date = 20 September 2011 | access-date = 15 October 2023 | language = no}}
Upon his departure, his wife Sigrun W. Prestbakmo succeeded him as mayor, something which was unprecedented at the time. His wife continued as mayor until 2023 when she was appointed state secretary at the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development.{{cite web | url = https://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/i/ej17g/ordfoerer-gaar-av-kona-tar-over | title = Ordfører går av - kona tar over | publisher = Verdens Gang | date = 20 January 2014 | access-date = 15 October 2023 | language = no}}{{cite web | url = https://www.nrk.no/tromsogfinnmark/prestbakmo-blir-statssekretaer-1.16360148 | title = Prestbakmo blir statssekretær | publisher = NRK Troms og Finnmark | date = 31 March 2023 | access-date = 15 October 2023 | language = no}}
He chaired the county party chapter between 2006 and 2012.
In 2014, he was appointed Troms County Commissioner for Transport and the Environment in the county cabinet of Line Fusdahl.{{cite web | url = https://www.folkebladet.no/nyheter/i/Wqbbwd/nytt-fylkesrad-er-pa-plass | title = Nytt fylkesråd er på plass | publisher = Folkebladet | date = 8 January 2014 | access-date = 15 October 2023 | language = no}} He was retained by Cecilie Myrseth and her cabinet following the 2015 local elections.{{cite web | url = https://www.nordlys.no/disse-skal-inn-i-det-nye-fylkesradet/s/5-34-258155 | title = Disse skal inn i det nye fylkesrådet | publisher = Nordlys | date = 2 October 2015 | access-date = 15 October 2023 | language = no}} Following her resignation in 2017, Prestbakmo was again retained by Myrseth's successor Willy Ørnebakk.{{cite web | url = https://www.framtidinord.no/nyheter/i/y78B02/myrseth-gar-av-ornebakk-blir-ny-leder | title = Myrseth går av – Ørnebakk blir ny leder | publisher = Framtid i Nord | date = 16 June 2017 | access-date = 15 October 2023 | language = no}}
Following the 2019 local elections, Prestbakmo was elected county mayor for the newly established Troms and Finnmark county, with the Labour Party's Tarjei Jensen Beck as deputy mayor.{{cite web | url = https://www.nrk.no/tromsogfinnmark/prestbakmo-valgt-til-fylkesordforer-1.14760056 | title = Prestbakmo valgt til fylkesordfører | publisher = NRK Troms og Finnmark | date = 28 October 2019 | access-date = 15 October 2023 | language = no}} Prestbakmo went on leave as county mayor after he took on the duties for Sandra Borch, who served in government. Deputy county mayor Jensen Bech took on his duties from 14 December 2021, with the Centre Party's Rikke Håkstad as acting deputy mayor.{{cite web | url = https://www.tffk.no/politikk/fylkesordforer/ | title = Fylkesordfører | publisher = Troms og Finnmark fylkeskommune | access-date = 15 October 2023 | language = no | archive-date = 26 January 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200126131448/https://www.tffk.no/politikk/fylkesordforer/ | url-status = dead }}
=Parliament=
He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Troms from 1993 to 2001 and again since 2021. He deputised for Sandra Borch, who served in the Støre Cabinet between 2021 and 2024.{{cite web | url = https://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Representantene/Representant/?perid=IVBP | title = Prestbakmo, Ivar B. (1968-) | publisher = stortinget.no | access-date = 15 October 2023 | language = no}}
=State Secretary=
On 23 January 2024, Prestbakmo was appointed state secretary to the Minister of Research and Higher Education Oddmund Løkensgard Hoel.{{cite web | url = https://www.regjeringen.no/no/aktuelt/offisielt-fra-statsrad-23.-januar-2024/id3022603/ | title = Offisielt fra statsråd 23. januar 2024 | publisher = government.no | date = 23 January 2024 | access-date = 23 January 2024 | language = no}}{{cite web | url = https://www.nrk.no/tromsogfinnmark/ivar-b.-prestbakmo-fra-salangen-blir-statssekretaer-1.16728617 | title = Ivar blir familiens andre statssekretær | publisher = NRK Troms og Finnmark | date = 23 January 2024 | access-date = 23 January 2024 | language = no}} He was reassigned to be state secretary for minister of local government Erling Sande on 15 November and was succeeded by Signe Bjotveit a week later.{{cite web | url = https://www.khrono.no/bjotveit-tar-steget-opp-blir-ny-statssekretaer-for-hoel/922068 | title = Bjotveit tar steget opp. Blir ny statssekretær for Hoel | publisher = Khrono | date = 22 November 2024 | access-date = 16 February 2025 | first = Mats | last = Arnesen | language = nb}}
Personal life
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