Bård Hoksrud

Who is Bård Hoksrud?

Bård André Hoksrud is a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party. Since 2005, he has been a member of the Storting, and from 2013 he has been State Secretary at the Ministry of Transport and Communications as a part of Erna Solberg's cabinet.

From 1999 to 2002, he was the chairman of the Youth of the Progress Party. He was elected to the Parliament of Norway from Telemark in 2005. He had previously served in the position of deputy representative during the terms 1997–2001 and 2001–2005. On the local level, Hoksrud was a member of Bamble Municipality council from 1991 to 2007. He does not have higher education, but worked as a grocery store manager before entering politics.