Frank Bakke-Jensen

Frank Bakke-Jensen MP
Bakke-Jensen on 12 March 2017
Minister of Defence
In office 20 October 2017 – 14 October 2021
Prime Minister	Erna Solberg
Preceded by	Ine Eriksen Søreide
Succeeded by	Odd Roger Enoksen
Minister of European Affairs
In office 20 December 2016 – 20 October 2017
Prime Minister	Erna Solberg
Preceded by	Elisabeth Aspaker
Succeeded by	Marit Berger Røsland
Minister of Nordic Cooperation
In office 20 December 2016 – 17 January 2018
Prime Minister	Erna Solberg
Preceded by	Elisabeth Aspaker
Succeeded by	Jan Tore Sanner
Member of the Storting
In office 1 October 2009 – 30 September 2021
Deputy	Laila Davidsen Marianne Haukland
Constituency	Finnmark
Mayor of Båtsfjord Municipality
In office 24 October 2007 – 15 October 2009
Preceded by	Geir Knutsen
Succeeded by	Gunn Marit Nilsen
Personal details
Born	(1965-03-08) 8 March 1965 (age 59) Båtsfjord, Finnmark, Norway
Political party	Conservative
Spouse(s)	Hilde Sjurelv Liv Hansen (formerly)
Children	3

Frank Bakke-Jensen (born 8 March 1965 in Båtsfjord) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. He served as minister of defence from 2017 to 2021,^[1] and minister of European affairs from 2016 to 2017. He was mayor of Båtsfjord Municipality from 2007 until his election to the Storting from Finnmark in 2009. Bakke-Jensen formerly worked as a ship's electrician between Hammerfest and Tromsø, and has also worked as a teacher and self-employed pilot at Båtsfjord Airport. He has also performed military service in the UN Lebanon conflict.