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Ivar B. Prestbakmo
Ivar B. Prestbakmo
State Secretary to the Minister of Research and Higher Education
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 23 January 2024
Prime Minister	Jonas Gahr Støre
Minister	Oddmund Løkensgard Hoel
Preceded by	Oddmund Løkensgard Hoel
Deputy Member of the Storting
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 1 October 2021
Deputising for	Sandra Borch (2021–2024)
Constituency	Troms
	In office; 1 October 1993 – 30 September 2001
Constituency	Troms
County Mayor of Troms and Finnmark
	In office; 1 January 2020 – 14 December 2021
Deputy	Tarjei Jensen Bech
Cabinet Chair	Bjørn Inge Mo
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Tarjei Jensen Bech
Troms County Commissioner for Transport and the Environment
	In office; 8 January 2014 – 28 October 2019
Cabinet Chair	Line Furdahl ; Cecilie Myrseth ; Willy Ørnebakk
Preceded by	Terje Olsen
Succeeded by	Kristina Hansen (Transport) ; Bjarne Rhode (Environment)
Mayor of Salangen Municipality
	In office; 1999 – 20 January 2014
Deputy	Oddveig Kristiansen ; Lars Johan Hellefossmo ; Karin Haugli Zachariassen ; Gry Hege Rognsaa ; Ronny Karlsen
Preceded by	Astrid Tunheim
Succeeded by	Sigrun W. Prestbakmo
Personal details
Born	7 November 1968 (age 56)
Political party	Centre
Spouse	Sigrun Wiggen Prestbakmo

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.^[1] Following the 2003 local elections, the Conservatives' Karin Haugli Zachariassen became deputy mayor.^[2] Zachariassen was succeeded by Gry Hege Rognsaa from the Centre Party following the 2007 local elections.^[3] The Conservatives returned to the deputy mayor post with Ronny Karlsen following the 2011 local elections.^[4]

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.^[5]^[6]

He chaired the county party chapter between 2006 and 2012.^[7]

In 2014, he was appointed Troms County Commissioner for Transport and the Environment in the county cabinet of Line Fusdahl.^[8] He was retained by Cecilie Myrseth and her cabinet following the 2015 local elections.^[9] Following her resignation in 2017, Prestbakmo was again retained by Myrseth's successor Willy Ørnebakk.^[10]

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.^[11] 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.^[12]

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.^[7]

State Secretary

On 23 January 2024, Prestbakmo was appointed state secretary to the Minister of Research and Higher Education Oddmund Løkensgard Hoel.^[13]^[14]

Personal life

Prestbakmo is married to Sigrun Wiggen Prestbakmo.^[5]

References

^ "Tar over som varaordfører" (in Norwegian). Fremover. 20 June 2001. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
^ "Valget i Salangen kommune" (in Norwegian). NRK Troms og Finnmark. 18 June 2003. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
^ "Slik blir det politiske Salangen" (in Norwegian). Folkebladet. 28 September 2007. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
^ "Prestbakmo fortsetter" (in Norwegian). Harstad Tidende. 20 September 2011. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Ordfører går av - kona tar over" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. 20 January 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
^ "Prestbakmo blir statssekretær" (in Norwegian). NRK Troms og Finnmark. 31 March 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Prestbakmo, Ivar B. (1968-)" (in Norwegian). stortinget.no. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
^ "Nytt fylkesråd er på plass" (in Norwegian). Folkebladet. 8 January 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
^ "Disse skal inn i det nye fylkesrådet" (in Norwegian). Nordlys. 2 October 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
^ "Myrseth går av – Ørnebakk blir ny leder" (in Norwegian). Framtid i Nord. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
^ "Prestbakmo valgt til fylkesordfører" (in Norwegian). NRK Troms og Finnmark. 28 October 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
^ "Fylkesordfører" (in Norwegian). Troms og Finnmark fylkeskommune. Archived from the original on 26 January 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
^ "Offisielt fra statsråd 23. januar 2024" (in Norwegian). government.no. 23 January 2024. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
^ "Ivar blir familiens andre statssekretær" (in Norwegian). NRK Troms og Finnmark. 23 January 2024. Retrieved 23 January 2024.