Ellen Margrethe Wibe is a Norwegian communications worker, society commentator and former politician

Politician

A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...

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She was active in politics for five years for the Progress Party

Progress Party (Norway)

The Progress Party is a political party in Norway which identifies as conservative liberal and libertarian. The media has described it as conservative and right-wing populist...

. From 1993 until 1994 she was the first deputy leader of the party, and for a while general secretary of the Youth of the Progress Party

Youth of the Progress Party (Norway)

The Progress Party’s Youth , is the youth wing of the Norwegian political party the Progress Party. It is generally more libertarian than the Progress Party itself, both with regards to economics and politics in general...

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Wibe was among the most notable young libertarians that had started to influence the party in the early 1990s, but left the party in 1994 following the national conference at Bolkesjø.

Wibe is married to Odd Magnar Brubæk, former secretary of the parliamentary group of the party, who some time earlier was also forced to leave the party following his criticism of the parliamentary role of chairman Carl I. Hagen

Carl I. Hagen

Carl Ivar Hagen is a Norwegian politician and former Vice President of the Norwegian Parliament. He was the chairman of the Progress Party from 1978 until 2006, when Siv Jensen replaced him as chairman of the party...

's wife Eli Hagen

Eli Hagen

Eli Hagen is the wife and secretary of the Norwegian politician Carl I. Hagen, former leader of the Progress Party. In recent years she has also made a name for herself as a television personality...

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