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Lubna Jaffery
Lubna Boby Jaffery (born 2 April 1980) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She has served as minister of culture and equality since 2023 and a member of parliament for Hordaland since 2025. She previously served as a deputy member for the same constituency from 2009 to 2025 and Bergen city commissioner for labour, social affairs, and housing from 2019 to 2021. In 2020 she was one of the signatories of the "Call for Inclusive Feminism," which led to the establishment of the Initiative for Inclusive Feminism.
Born in Norway to parents of Pakistani origin, she grew up in Bergen. She took her secondary education in Åsane in 1999, and at the University of Bergen she took the cand.mag. degree in 2004 and the master's degree in 2007. Jaffery married Lennart Fjell in 2003, they got divorced in 2010 and they have one daughter together.
She was an adviser in the Workers' Youth League in 2000, before becoming a central board member from 2000 to 2004. She had previously chaired the county branch from 1998 to 2000.
Jaffery was a member of the Bergen city council from 1999 to 2003 and Fjell municipal council from 2003 to 2007.
In 2019, she was appointed Bergen City Commissioner for Labour, Social Affairs and Housing in the Roger Valhammer city government. She resigned from this position when she was promoted to permanent representative in the Storting to cover the duties of Marte Mjøs Persen. She was succeeded by Ruth Grung as city commissioner.
In 2008, Jaffery was appointed a political advisor in the Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion. From March to October 2009 she was a political advisor for the Minister of Health and Care Services. From 2009 to 2012 she was a State Secretary in the Ministry of Culture as a part of Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet.
Jaffery served as a deputy representative in the Storting for Hordaland from 2009 to 2025, having been re-elected in 2013, 2017 and 2021. From 2021 to 2023, she deputised for Marte Mjøs Persen after she was appointed to the Støre cabinet. In the Storting, she sat as a member of the Standing Committee on Health and Care Services in 2021, before being moved to the Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs, where she also served as first vice chair between 2021 and 2023.
She was elected as a regular representative for Hordaland in 2025. While serving in government, June Trengereid Gruer has deputised for her since 2025.
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Lubna Jaffery
Lubna Boby Jaffery (born 2 April 1980) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She has served as minister of culture and equality since 2023 and a member of parliament for Hordaland since 2025. She previously served as a deputy member for the same constituency from 2009 to 2025 and Bergen city commissioner for labour, social affairs, and housing from 2019 to 2021. In 2020 she was one of the signatories of the "Call for Inclusive Feminism," which led to the establishment of the Initiative for Inclusive Feminism.
Born in Norway to parents of Pakistani origin, she grew up in Bergen. She took her secondary education in Åsane in 1999, and at the University of Bergen she took the cand.mag. degree in 2004 and the master's degree in 2007. Jaffery married Lennart Fjell in 2003, they got divorced in 2010 and they have one daughter together.
She was an adviser in the Workers' Youth League in 2000, before becoming a central board member from 2000 to 2004. She had previously chaired the county branch from 1998 to 2000.
Jaffery was a member of the Bergen city council from 1999 to 2003 and Fjell municipal council from 2003 to 2007.
In 2019, she was appointed Bergen City Commissioner for Labour, Social Affairs and Housing in the Roger Valhammer city government. She resigned from this position when she was promoted to permanent representative in the Storting to cover the duties of Marte Mjøs Persen. She was succeeded by Ruth Grung as city commissioner.
In 2008, Jaffery was appointed a political advisor in the Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion. From March to October 2009 she was a political advisor for the Minister of Health and Care Services. From 2009 to 2012 she was a State Secretary in the Ministry of Culture as a part of Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet.
Jaffery served as a deputy representative in the Storting for Hordaland from 2009 to 2025, having been re-elected in 2013, 2017 and 2021. From 2021 to 2023, she deputised for Marte Mjøs Persen after she was appointed to the Støre cabinet. In the Storting, she sat as a member of the Standing Committee on Health and Care Services in 2021, before being moved to the Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs, where she also served as first vice chair between 2021 and 2023.
She was elected as a regular representative for Hordaland in 2025. While serving in government, June Trengereid Gruer has deputised for her since 2025.