Guri Melby
Guri Melby is a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party. She has served as Minister of Education since 2020.
From 1999 to 2006 she was a member of the municipal council in Orkdal, and a member of the city council in Trondheim from 2007 to 2011. She was Venstre's top candidate in South Trøndelag in the elections for Stortinget on 14 September 2009.
From October 2013 to 2015 she was the city commissioner for public transport and environmental affairs in Oslo. She was a deputy member of the Parliament of Norway from Oslo for the terms 2013-2017 and 2017-2021. When Trine Skei Grande was appointed to Solberg's Second Cabinet in 2018 Melby moved up to full representative.
Following Trine Skei Grande’s decision to resign as minister and party leader in March 2020, Melby was asked by Grande personally if she wanted to succeed her as minister. She expressed sorrow by Grande’s resignation, saying that “being education minister was her dream job”. Her appointment also coincided with the lockdown and closing of schools in Norway due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
