Janne Haaland Matlary

Dame Janne Haaland Matláry (born 27 April 1957) is a Norwegian political scientist, writer, and Christian Democrat politician.

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Life

Matláry grew up in Mandal, in the south of Norway, and studied at the University of Oslo, attaining her doctorate in political science in 1994.

She is a professor of international politics at Oslo University, specializing in energy policy, security policy, and international human rights. In the Bondevik government of 1997-2000 she served as state secretary in the Department of Foreign Affairs (deputy foreign minister).

Matláry, who came from an agnostic background, converted to Catholicism when a student.[1] She is a member of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace and of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences and a consultor of the Pontifical Council for the Family. In 2001 she was made a Dame in the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.

Writings

References

  1. ^ Janne Haaland Matlary, "Realism for Unrealistic Times", Crisis, October 2000

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