Anne Lise Ryel is a Norwegian jurist and politician for the Labour Party

Norwegian Labour Party

The Labour Party is a social-democratic political party in Norway. It is the senior partner in the current Norwegian government as part of the Red-Green Coalition, and its leader, Jens Stoltenberg, is the current Prime Minister of Norway....

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Born in Tromsø

Tromsø

Tromsø is a city and municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Tromsø.Tromsø city is the ninth largest urban area in Norway by population, and the seventh largest city in Norway by population...

, she graduated as cand.jur. from the University of Oslo

University of Oslo

The University of Oslo , formerly The Royal Frederick University , is the oldest and largest university in Norway, situated in the Norwegian capital of Oslo. The university was founded in 1811 and was modelled after the recently established University of Berlin...

 in 1987.

In 1994 she became the new Norwegian ombudsman for gender equality, taking over for Ingse Stabel

Ingse Stabel

Inger-Else "Ingse" Stabel is a Norwegian judge.She was born in Oslo as a daughter of Supreme Court Justice Carl Ludovico Stabel and Karen Andrea Elisabeth Eide . She is a niece of Fredrik Stabel. She family moved from Tøyen to Bygdøy when Stabel was 8 years old, and she finished her secondary...

. She held this position until 2000. During the first cabinet Stoltenberg

First cabinet Stoltenberg

Stoltenberg's First Cabinet governed Norway between March 17, 2000 and October 19, 2001. The Labour Party cabinet was led by Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg. It had the following composition.-Cabinet members:-State Secretaries:-References:...

, Ryel was appointed State Secretary in the Ministry of Justice. She held the position until the 2001 election

Norwegian parliamentary election, 2001

A general election to the Storting, the parliament of Norway, was held on September 10, 2001. The Labour Party won a plurality of votes and seats, closely followed by the Conservative Party...

, which caused the cabinet to fall. Ryel later became general director of the Norwegian Cancer Association

Norwegian Cancer Association

Norwegian Cancer Society is a non-profit organisation in Norway.It was established as Norsk Forening til Kreftens Bekjempelse in 1938, and took the current name when it merged with Landsforeningen mot Kreft in 1948. Its purpose is to help patients with cancer, increase awareness of cancer and to...

. From 2007 to 2009 she is a board member of the Federation of Norwegian Commercial and Service Enterprises

Federation of Norwegian Commercial and Service Enterprises

The Federation of Norwegian Commercial and Service Enterprises is an employers' organisation in Norway.It was established on 1 January 1990 through a merger. The headquarters are at Solli plass in Frogner, Oslo....

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She served in the position of deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Oslo

Oslo

Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

during the term 2005–2009.