Ingvild Kjerkol

Ingvild Kjerkol
Kjerkol in November 2011
Minister of Health and Care Services
In office
14 October 2021 – 19 April 2024
Prime MinisterJonas Gahr Støre
Preceded byBent Høie
Succeeded byJan Christian Vestre
Member of the Storting
Assumed office
1 October 2013
DeputyMay Britt Lagesen
ConstituencyNord-Trøndelag
Leader of the Nord-Trøndelag County Council
In office
18 October 2011 – 13 June 2013
Preceded byAlf Daniel Moen
Succeeded byAnne Marit Mevassvik
Deputy Member of the Storting
In office
1 October 2005 – 30 September 2013
ConstituencyNord-Trøndelag
Personal details
Born (1975-05-18) 18 May 1975 (age 49)
Stjørdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway
Political partyLabour
SpouseRune Øyan
Children3
Alma materNord University (Master's thesis annulled, degree withdrawn)
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Sør-Trøndelag University College
OccupationPolitician

Ingvild Kjerkol (born 18 May 1975) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She was elected to the Parliament of Norway from Nord-Trøndelag first time in 2013, and re-elected in 2017 and 2021. She has been a member of the Standing Committee on Transport and Communications, and of the Standing Committee on Health and Care Services. From 2021 to 2024, she served as minister of health and care services. In 2024 she was accused of plagiarizing and fabricating parts of her master's thesis, leading to calls for her resignation.[1][2] On Wednesday 10 April 2024, Nord University revoked her Master's degree in Leadership in the Healthcare Sector, and in a Friday press conference the Prime Minister announced her dismissal from her position.

  1. ^ "- Da er det data-fabrikkering". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). 21 January 2024. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Jusprofessor om Kjerkols masteroppgave: - Alt tyder på at det ikke bare er plagiering, men forskningsjuks". Adresseavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 21 January 2024.

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