Mudassar Hussain Kapur (born 14 December 1976) is a Norwegian politician. He is a member of the Conservative Party and has served as a member of the Storting for Oslo since 2013.
Kapur began his career in sales and marketing for Royal Dutch Shell in 2000. In 2006, he transitioned into politics as a campaign manager for the Conservative Party where he worked until 2012. The same year, he became a fundraiser for SOS Children's Villages.[1]
Local politics
He was elected to Oslo city council from the Søndre Nordstrand district in 2011 and served on the Finance Committee.[2] In the 2013 Norwegian parliamentary election he was nominated in the 5th spot on the Conservative Party's ballot and gained a seat in the parliament in the election.[1]
After Morten Steenstrup announced he wouldn't seek re-election as leader of the Oslo Conservatives, the election committee proposed Kapur as the new leader along with Ingeborg Tennes as deputy leader.[3] Both were formally elected at the party's annual meeting on 27 January 2024.[4]
Parliament
Kapur was elected to the Storting in the 2013 election and was re-elected in 2017 and 2021.
Kapur was born on 14 December 1976 in Oslo. He is of Pakistani descent, his family having immigrated to Norway from Pakistan in 1971, and he was born five years later.
He is married and has a son and a daughter. The family lives in Ekeberg, Oslo.[1]
References
^ abcWazim K. Riaz (11 March 2013): Høyre-kometen Kapur Oslo by. Retrieved 13 September 2013 (in Norwegian)
