Himanshu Gulati
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Himanshu Gulati | |
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Gulati in 2012 | |
| Member of the Norwegian Parliament | |
| Assumed office 1 October 2017 | |
| Constituency | Akershus |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 June 1988 Førde, Norway |
| Political party | Progress |
| Alma mater | BI Norwegian Business School |
Himanshu Gulati (born 16 June 1988) is a Norwegian politician of Indian descent representing the Progress Party. He chaired the Progress Party's Youth from 2012 to 2014 and served as State Secretary in the Ministry of Justice and Public Security (2013–2014) and at the Office of the Prime Minister (2014–2017). Since 2017, Gulati has been a member of the Storting representing Akershus, serving on the Committee on Justice.[1]
Gulati was born in Førde Municipality, Norway, to Indian parents who immigrated from New Delhi in the 1970s. His father is a physician and his mother a physiotherapist. He spent his early years in the rural village of Lavik in Høyanger Municipality, where his father worked as a general practitioner, before moving to Lillestrøm in Akershus, at age 14.
Initially pursuing medicine, Gulati later shifted to business studies, earning a bachelor's degree in Business Administration and Leadership from BI Norwegian Business School. He also completed a six-month filmmaking course at an academy in India.