Hans Andreas Limi Explained

Hans Andreas Limi (born 26 September 1960) is a Norwegian businessperson and politician for the Progress Party. He is currently an MP for the Akershus constituency since 2013 and the party's first deputy leader since 2023. He previously served as the party's parliamentary leader from 2017 to 2020.

Career

Party politics

Limi was the secretary-general in the Youth of the Progress Party from 1984 to 1986. He was then an office manager in the Progress Party from 1986 to 1988 and then secretary-general until May 1994. He then withdrew, shortly after the 1994 Progress Party national convention.^[1]

He was the party's parliamentary leader from 2017 to 2020.^[2]

In March 2023, he announced his candidacy for the deputy leadership, succeeding retiring Ketil Solvik-Olsen.^[3] He was endorsed by the party county chapters of Viken, Oslo, Rogaland, Innlandet and Vestland, in addition to the Progress Party's Youth.^[4] Limi was formally elected at the party convention on 30 April.^[5]

Local politics

Limi was a member of the executive committee of Skien city council (his home town) from 1983 to 1987. In the 1987 Norwegian local elections he was elected to Oslo city council, but he took leave from his position in 1989. He became city commissioner of finance in Oslo when he took over after Sverre Frich, Jr. in April 1991, and sat throughout the year.^[6]

In 2011, he made a political comeback as he was elected to the Bærum municipal council.^[7]

Parliament

In 2013, he was elected to the Storting from the Akershus constituency.^[8] He was re-elected in 2017 and 2021.

In parliament, he is currently a member of the Standing Committee on Finance and the Preparatory Credentials Committee since 2021. He was previously a member of the Election Committee in 2017 and served as its second vice chair from 2017 to 2020. He sat on the Standing Committee on Finance from 2013 to 2017 and again from 2020 to 2021. He further sat on the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence from 2017 to 2020 and concurrently the Enlarged Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence. He was also the second vice chair of the Standing Committee on Finance from May to September 2021.^[9]

Outside politics

Limi was hired as property manager in the Olav Thon Group.^[1] He was later a development director in Steen & Strøm^[10] and from 2005 director in ICA Norway.^[11]

Limi has been a member of the Broadcasting Council.^[12]

Personal life

He is married to party colleague Vibeke Limi.^[6] The couple has three children.

Notes and References

1. «Fra Hagen til Thon». VG (31 May 1994)
2. Web site: Limi blir parlamentarisk leder for Frp . E24 . 2 October 2017 . 15 March 2023 . no.
3. Web site: Knallhard kamp om å bli Listhaugs nummer to . . 15 March 2023 . 15 March 2023 . no.
4. Web site: Frp: Hoksrud trekker seg som nestlederkandidat . . 20 March 2023 . 20 March 2023 . no.
5. Web site: Hans Andreas Limi er valgt som ny 1. nestleder i Frp . . 30 April 2023 . 30 April 2023 . no.
6. «Den nye finansbyråden sitter frem til nyttår». Aftenposten (19 April 1991)
7. A b Wright, Martin. "Limi elected new county leader in FRP." Budstikka, p. 5 (23 January 2012).
8. Svenningsen, Jens ("Limi heading towards Parliament." Budstikka, p. 7. (11 December 2012))
9. Web site: Biografi: Limi, Hans Andreas . Stortinget.no . 29 April 2023 . no.
10. «Finansnotiser». Dagens Næringsliv (17 March 2000)
11. Etableringsdirektør på plass i ICA Norge. 25 September 2011. no. ICA Norge. 11 April 2005. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120402223451/http://www.ica.no/FrontServlet?s=icano&state=icano_dynamic&viewid=3524. 2 April 2012.
12. «I korte trekk : Kringkastingsråd» Aftenposten (19 December 1989)