André Kolve
André Rajan Kolve (born 1978) is a Norwegian journalist and politician for the Progress Party.
Kolve was adopted from India at a young age. Among others, he was a journalist in Porsgrunns Dagblad before starting as a communications adviser for the Progress Party parliamentary caucus. Among others, he worked closely with deputy leader Per Sandberg. At times, Kolve was accosted and accused of being an Uncle Tom figure, glossing over what the critics perceived as the Progress Party's hostile policy on immigration.[1] The newspaper Natt & Dag made a satire on them sharing a cab, which Kolve and Sandberg found malicious. They brought the case in for the Norwegian Press Complaints Commission, who chose not to deplore Natt & Dag's piece.[2][3]
When the Progress Party managed to form Solberg's Cabinet in October 2013, Kolve was appointed as a political adviser in the Ministry of Justice and Public Security. In December 2015 he made the change to was appointed State Secretary for Siv Jensen in the Ministry of Finance. He left in December 2016,[4] citing that one could not lead a life in top-level politics indefinitely.[5] He became a PR adviser in Gambit Hill & Knowlton, later changing bureau to Try in 2017. In 2023, he returned to journalism, working for NRK locally in Telemark.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ ""Latterlig at du har en mørkhuda fyr i dress for å representere Frp"". Telemarksavisa (in Norwegian). 13 August 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ Selliken, Carolyn (5 June 2013). "Lei av hets og fordommer". Telemarksavisa (in Norwegian). Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ Pettersen, Jonas (27 August 2013). "Natt&Dag ikke felt for "guttesex-rykter"". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ "André R. Kolve" (in Norwegian). Government.no. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ Ringheim, Gunnar (21 December 2016). "Som nærmeste rådgiver for Siv Jensen, Per Sandberg og Anders Anundsen kjenner André R. Kolve det indre liv i Frp bedre enn de fleste. Men nå er det slutt". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ Weiberg-Aurdal, Jan Magnus (22 March 2023). "Tidligere Frp-rådgiver André R. Kolve blir NRK-journalist" (in Norwegian). Medier 24. Retrieved 8 December 2024.