Carl I. Hagen
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Carl Ivar Hagen (born May 6, 1944) is a Norwegian politician, who has held the position of chairman of the Progress Party since 1978. He is the son of CEO Ragnar Hagen (1908-1969) and accountant Gerd Gamborg (1914- ). He is married to Eli Hagen.
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Education
Examen artium 1963. Higher National Diploma in Business Studies 1968. Diploma in marketing at the Institute of Marketing, London 1968.
Organizational background
Member of the board of the British Business Forum 1972. Member of the board of Norske Agenters landsforbund 1972-1974. Secretary of the Anders Lange Party, 1973-1974.
Profession
CEO Tate & Lyle Norge A/S, 1970-1974. Consultant Finansanalyse A/S, 1977-1979. Economic policy consultant in the oil industry, 1979-1981.
Member of Parliament
- Deputy-rep for Oslo from 1973-74 ALP.
- Representative from Oslo 1974-77, for the ALP
- Representative nr. 8 for Oslo from 1981-85, FrP.
- Representative nr. 14 for Oslo, 1985-89, FrP.
- Representative nr. 3 for Oslo, 1989-93, FrP.
- Representative nr. 6 for Oslo 1993-97, FrP.
- Representative nr. 3 for Oslo 1997-2001, FrP.
- Representative nr. 5 for Oslo 2001-2005, FrP.
Criticism
By his political opponents, Carl I. Hagen has often been labeled a populist and political chameleon. He is claimed to "quickly change his position on key political issues according to what he thinks will win his party the most votes". The retort from Hagen is that these are undocumented characterizations. These claims dates back to a motion of no confidence in 1986 by the Conservative Party prime minister Kåre Willoch. During the parliamentary election campaign one year earlier, the Progress Party had promised to support a conservative government, but when the motion failed to pass - in part due to lack of support from Hagen's party - Kåre Willoch explained it as "the unpredictablility of Carl I. Hagen".
References
- Carl I. Hagen: Ærlighet varer lengst (Honesty is the best policy), 1984, autobiography.
- Jan Ove Ekeberg and Jan Arild Snoen: Kong Carl, en uautorisert biografi (King Carl: An unauthorised biography), 2001, biography.
External links
- Biography of Carl I. Hagen (http://www.stortinget.no/english/biography/CIH.shtml) by the Norwegian parliament (Storting)
- Carl I Hagen - speech at Levende Ord, July 13, 2004 (http://www.bearstrong.net/warblog/000744.html) (transcript, translated into English by Bjørn Stærk).no:Carl I. Hagen