Kristian Tonning Riise

Kristian Tonning Riise
Riise in 2017
Leader of the Young Conservatives
In office
21 June 2014 – 9 January 2018
Preceded byPaul Joakim Sandøy
Succeeded bySandra Bruflot
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
In office
9 October 2017 – 30 September 2021
ConstituencyHedmark
Personal details
Born (1988-10-27) 27 October 1988 (age 36)
NationalityNorwegian
Political partyConservative
OccupationPolitician

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.


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