Heikki Holmås


Heikki Holmås is a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party. He served as Minister of International Development from 23 March 2012 to 16 October 2013 being the last serving this position until Nikolai Astrup took over in 2018.

Personal life

Holmås is son of librarian/writer Stig Holmås and engineer/textile worker Ingebjørg Monsen.
Heikki Holmås married his wife in 2012. In 2013 his stepfather died in the In Amenas terror attack.

Career

He has served as member of the Parliament of Norway, representing Oslo from 2001 – 2012. He previously served as a deputy representative from 1997 – 2001. He is nominated on the top spot on Oslo SV's ballot for the 2013 Norwegian parliamentary election.
Holmås finished upper secondary school at Bergen Cathedral School, in Bergen from 1988 to 1991. Before entering politics, he worked as a waste collection worker in the Municipality of Bergen.
Holmås has been a columnist in both the woman's magazine Kamille and in the left-wing newspaper Klassekampen. He has contributed with an article in a book about climate change, Kan hende det gjelder å redde vår jord – Om venstresiden og klimapolitikken published in Norwegian in 2009 by Manifest.