Kristian Tonning Riise

Kristian Tonning Riise
Riise in 2017
Leader of the Young Conservatives
In office 21 June 2014 – 9 January 2018
Preceded by	Paul Joakim Sandøy
Succeeded by	Sandra Bruflot
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
In office 9 October 2017 – 30 September 2021
Constituency	Hedmark
Personal details
Born	(1988-10-27) 27 October 1988 (age 36)
Nationality	Norwegian
Political party	Conservative
Occupation	Politician

Kristian Tonning Riise (born 27 October 1988) is a Norwegian politician. He was elected as a representative to the Storting for the period 2017–2021 for the Conservative Party.^[1]

He was elected leader of the Norwegian Young Conservatives in June 2014. However, he resigned in January 2018 after it was revealed that he had sexually assaulted a 16-year old girl.^[2][3]

In 2013, Riise published a book about Hugo Chávez.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. "Riise, Kristian Tonning". stortinget.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 7 October 2017.
2. "'MeToo' claims yet another politician". www.newsinenglish.no. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
3. Pollack, Ester; Allern, Sigurd; Kantola, Anu; Ørsten, Mark (2018). "Political Scandals as a Democratic Challenge". International Journal of Communication. 12: 16.