Emilie Enger Mehl (28) has to deal with the killings at Kongsberg on her first day at work. Her young age is not a problem, according to her political opponents.
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The youngest who came out on Slottsplassen on Thursday is Sps Emilie Enger Mehl (28), who will be Minister of Justice.
She will be the youngest ever Minister of Justice and one of the youngest ministers ever.
– She goes to a big job at a young age, but we are confident that we have a visionary and energetic politician, Jonas Gahr Støre said at a press conference on Thursday.
One of the first cases she has to deal with is the killings at Kongsberg.
The Conservatives ‘Peter Christian Frølich was the justice policy spokesman for the Conservatives’ previous parliamentary term.
– There is a lot to object to Sp’s justice policy, but her age should be a non-issue. She will handle this well, Frølich writes Twitter.
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Six Ministers of Justice
Former Prime Minister Erna Solberg (H) had six permanent justice ministers and two deputy justice ministers for eight years.
Two of the justice ministers, Per-Willy Amundsen (Frp) and Tor Mikkel Wara (Frp), say that Mehl’s young age does not matter.
– Age, gender and all that is subordinate. The most important thing is that talented people hold the important roles in society. My experience with Emilie Enger Mehl is that she is a talented lady, says Amundsen.
He says that it is demanding to have to deal with the killings at Kongsberg on the first day, but he says that she has a good civil service around her.
– She is an experienced politician. That is the most important thing, says Tor Mikkel Wara.
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– A mature young lady
Former FRP leader Carl I. Hagen sends his congratulations to Mehl. He says the two have met and exchanged a few words on a couple of occasions.
– She is 28 years old and has to lead a heavy department. Do you think it will be challenging?
– It is clear that it is a challenge. From what I have seen of her in the pulpit, she is a mature young lady with courage. It should not surprise me if she wants to do well.
– Has she impressed you in the Storting?
– Yes, she has been offensive and persistent. I do not always agree with her, but I wish her luck, says Hagen.
–Besta: – Bein i nesa!
At 12.15 Emilie Enger Mehl was met at Slottsplassen by her family – among them a very proud grandmother, Lisbet Enger Müller.
– It is not every day you get a grandson who becomes Minister of Justice, Müller smiled to VG, and added:
– It’s a lady with bones in her nose!
Mehl’s father, Eivind Mehl, was also proud of his daughter.
– I’m proud and it’s a bit unreal, says Mehl, who says her daughter has a ballast and experience that makes her do the job well – despite the fact that she is only 28 years old.
– It is probably the case with many things in life that the shell you have on the outside does not say much about what you have inside you.
–Critical of police reform
Mehl will be responsible for evaluating police reform and creating new police stations.
The Labor Party and the Socialist People’s Party must not reverse the reform, however they write in the Hurdal platform that they must evaluate it. The Labor Party and the Socialist People’s Party promise to create 20 new service locations, and that this work will start in 2022.
Mehl was elected to the Storting for the first time in 2017, and is on leave from a position as an associate in the law firm Elden. She was elected from Hedmark, and sat in the county council there from 2015 to 2017.
In 2015, Mehl won the first season of “Anno” on NRK, and she is part of next season of “Kompani Lauritzen” on TV 2.
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