Geir-Inge Sivertsen
Geir-Inge Sivertsen is a Norwegian engineer and politician for the Conservative Party. From January to March 2020, he served as the Minister of Fisheries. He resigned as Fisheries Minister after controversy surrounding his severance prior to becoming minister.
Sivertsen served as mayor of Lenvik municipality from 2011 to 2019, and has served as State Secretary in the Ministry of Trade and Fisheries from 2019–2020. Sivertsen hails from Finnsnes, and graduated as engineer from the Norwegian Institute of Technology. He was elected deputy member of the Storting for the periods 2005-2009 and 2017-2021.
Sivertsen has received double salary after taking over as Minister of Fisheries, by applying for and getting severance pay after his duty as Mayor of Lenvik had ended. This eventually led to his resignation.
