Hadia Tajik

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Person.png Hadia Tajik   TwitterRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
( politician)
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Born18 July 1983
 Strand,  Rogaland,  Norway
Nationality Norwegian
Alma mater •  Stavanger University College
•  Kingston University
•  University of Oslo
Religion muslim
Children 1
Spouse •  Stefan Heggelund
•  Kristian Skard
Member ofFritt Ord, WEF/Young Global Leaders/2016
PartyNorwegian Labour Party
"Crown princess of the Labour Party" supported by Gro Harlem Brundtland at the time she was selected a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2016. Believes people talking about Jeffery Epstein are undermining democracy.

Employment.png Norway/Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion

In office
14 October 2021 - 4 March 2022
Appointed byJonas Gahr Støre

Employment.png Norway/Minister of Culture

In office
21 September 2012 - 16 October 2013
Appointed byJens Stoltenberg
Preceded byAnniken Huitfeldt

Employment.png Member of the Norwegian Parliament

In office
1 October 2009 - 30 September 2025
Preceded byThorbjørn Jagland

Employment.png Norwegian Labour Party/Deputy Leader

In office
18 April 2015 - Present

Hadia Tajik is a Pakistani-Norwegian politician from the Labour Party. She was Minister of Culture from 2012 to 2013. She was 29 years of age at the time and became the youngest minister in the Norwegian government.[1] She is the first Muslim and Asian member of government. Tajik has been a Member of Parliament representing Oslo from 2009 to 2017 and Rogaland since 2017[2] She was selected a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2016.

Early Life

Hadia Tajik was born on 18 July 1983[3] to Pakistani immigrants in the early 1970s.

She has a bachelor's degree in journalism from Stavanger University College, after which she studied human rights at Kingston University in England from 2004 to 2005, taking a Masters degree. She subsequently enrolled in and studied law at the University of Oslo receiving her Master of Law degree in 2012.[4]

Career

Tajik was active in politics from an early age, and was the leader of the Strand chapter of the Workers' Youth League (AUF) from 1999 to 2002, before becoming deputy leader of the Rogaland AUF from until 2003. She was an advisor for the Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion, Bjarne Håkon Hanssen, from 2006 to 2008.[5] In 2008 she temporarily held the position of advisor to the Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg. Subsequently, from 2008 to 2009, she was political advisor to the Minister of Justice, Knut Storberget.

On 14 September 2009, Tajik was elected Member of Parliament for the Norwegian Labour Party. Representing Oslo, she was listed as candidate number six on the Labour ticket, which was considered a safe seat.[6] During her tenure in parliament, she was a member of the Committee on Education, Research and Church Affairs as well as the Election committee. After the 2013 parliamentary elections and the fall of the Labour-led government, Tajik retained her seat in the Storting from Oslo. She was subsequently named as leader of the Committee on Justice, which is considered one of the most prestigious posts in the Storting.[7]

Tajik was promoted as the "crown princess of the Labour Party" as well as a political rising star, belonging to "a new generation" of young Labour Party politicians.[8] She was also been named as a possible future prime minister and leader of the Labour Party by Gro Harlem Brundtland[9][10] [11]

On 21 September 2012, as part of a larger cabinet reshuffle, prime minister Jens Stoltenberg announced that Tajik would become the new Minister of Culture. She replaced Anniken Huitfeldt who became the new Minister of Labour and Social affairs. Tajik is an enthusiastic user of social media, and an avid supporter of E-books, and as a result she was often called Norway's "first digital Minister of Culture".[12] She resigned in the fall of 2013, along with the rest of the cabinet following the electoral defeat in the 2013 parliamentary elections.

On 14 October 2021, Tajik was appointed minister of labour, social inclusion and integration in Jonas Gahr Støre's Cabinet. On 14 December, 2021, Tajik attended a press conference alongside Trygve Slagsvold Vedum, Jan Christian Vestre and Anette Trettebergstuen to present the government's economic COVID-19 measures. In regards to her field of responsibility, Tajik announced that the government is extending the legal basis for advance payment of unemployment benefits, so that those who need money would receive them.[13]

At a press conference on 2 March, 2022, she announced that she had asked to resign as minister after further developments regarding two controversies: avoiding tax on a fringe benefit - and her use (in 2019) of a government apartment.[14] She formally resigned on 4 March.[15]

In February 2025, it was announced that she would be joining the law firm Haavind as a attorney-at-law and advisor following the 2025 election.[16]

Talking about Epstein undermines democracy

In August 2025, Tajik was selected to become a board member of Fritt Ord, the foundation financially supporting the publication of most books in Norway,[17] that "seeks to promote freedom of expression".[18] The Chairman is Bilderberger Bård Vegar Solhjell.

In NRK in February 2026, she claimed regarding the Jeffrey Epstein revelations that "The Norwegian Police Security Service pointed out that one of the threats we face now are anti-state actors or anti-state extremists, and I can promise you that these actors are hiding in such scandals, they use them as weapons against the integrity of individual politicians and against our democratic institutions, because they will undermine the legitimacy of our democracy. And I think it would be very interesting if an actor like the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment, could also make analyses of how much anti-state actors have exploited this type of scandal to cast doubt on the integrity of our democratic institutions. Because it is something that can harm us in the long term."[19]

Marriages

Hadia Tajik was married to Stefan Heggelund, a communications consultant and politician for the Conservative Party. They married in 2014. They announced their divorce in February 2016.

Tajik announced in November 2018 that she had started dating Kristian Skard, a reporter from Dagens Næringsliv, who notably stood behind some of the revelations that led to Labour Party deputy Trond Giske resigning.[20] They were originally meant to have their wedding on 22 August 2020, but it was postponed to 19 June 2021 due to "Covid".[21] In January 2021, she gave birth to a daughter.[22]


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References

  1. ↑ https://archive.is/20130222173001/http://www.abcnyheter.no/nyheter/2012/09/21/hadia-tajik-29-blir-den-yngste-ministeren-noensinne
  2. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20110724185329/http://theforeigner.no/pages/columns/the-sixth-parliamentary-seat/
  3. ↑ Biography of Tajik
  4. ↑ http://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Representantene/Representantfordeling/Representant/?perid=HTA
  5. ↑ Political advisor to the Minister for Labour and Social Inclusion, miss Hadia Tajik
  6. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20110724185329/http://theforeigner.no/pages/columns/the-sixth-parliamentary-seat/
  7. ↑ http://www.dagbladet.no/2013/10/17/nyheter/samfunn/innenriks/politikk/arbeiderpartiet/29826554/
  8. ↑ http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/arbeiderpartiet/hadia-og-stefan-inviterer-til-hemmelig-bryllup/a/23240703/
  9. ↑ http://pluss.vg.no/2013/03/08/1145/d8qNd8
  10. ↑ http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/valg-2013/artikkel.php?artid=10119059
  11. ↑ http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/arbeiderpartiet/hadia-tajik-31-blir-aps-nye-foerstedame/a/23436821/
  12. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20130328215422/http://www.nettavisen.no/nyheter/article3571255.ece
  13. ↑ https://www.folkebladet.no/innenriks/2021/12/14/Tajik-%E2%80%93-Inntekten-til-folk-skal-v%C3%A6re-forutsigbar-24935779.ece
  14. ↑ https://www.nrk.no/norge/hadia-tajik_-_-jeg-vil-ga-av-som-statsrad-1.15876127
  15. ↑ https://www.nrk.no/norge/store_-tajik-erstatter-klar-over-helgen-1.15877452
  16. ↑ https://www.nettavisen.no/nyheter/hadia-tajik-har-fatt-ny-jobb/s/5-95-2278991
  17. ↑ https://www.document.no/2026/02/11/hadia-tajik-inn-i-styret-for-fritt-ord-2/
  18. ↑ https://frittord.no/en/home
  19. ↑ https://steigan.no/2026/02/tadjik-i-fritt-ord-uenig-med-meg-da-er-du-en-statsfiende-som-ma-overvakes/
  20. ↑ https://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/i/xR0BvX/han-sto-bak-dn-avsloeringer-om-giske-naa-er-kristian-skard-46-og-hadia-tajik-35-kjaerester
  21. ↑ https://www.dagsavisen.no/rogalandsavis/nyheter/2020/04/17/bryllupet-til-hadia-og-kristian-er-utsatt/
  22. ↑ https://www.dagsavisen.no/nyheter/innenriks/2021/01/05/hadia-tajik-og-kristian-skard-har-fatt-en-datter/
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