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Tax director Hans Christian Holte becomes the new head of Nav, telling E24 that both creating the EEA cases and the crown situation with the record number of unemployed will be tasks he believes they will be there even when he takes office in August.
Hans Christian Holte was appointed new Minister of Labor and Welfare in the Cabinet of Ministers on April 17, 2020. Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, Torbjørn Røe Isaksen, on the left.
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Hans Christian Holte becomes new chief of navigation. This is stated in a government statement on Friday.
– I want to work for a Hub that, when meeting its users, is humble, open and accommodating. The centers are in a critical phase with many challenges, and I would like to help solve those challenges in the best possible way, says Holte.
He will take office in August, replacing Sigrun Vågeng, who in January declared he would resign. The position is a 6-year annual objective with the possibility of a term extension.
– As a tax director, Hans Christian Holte has strong experience in leading a large national agency with an important social mission. I am convinced that he is the right person to lead the NAV at a demanding time, says Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Torbjørn Røe Isaksen in the press release.
– You must be humble when meeting people
The incoming Nav commander will only take over the job during the summer and says he will go to the position correctly and get to know the organization before speaking about his top priorities in the future.
– It is clear that I still have some ideas about the importance of Nav and what will be important in the future, Holte says to E24, and continues:
– What is quite obvious is that Nav is now in a special position, with so many unemployed in Norway. Helping to normalize working life in Norway again, in other words, putting as many people back to work as possible, will be central to Nav in the years to come.
He also claims that Nav is a business that means a lot to many people in Norway, and that an important part of the business is being approachable and accommodating.
– I want to worry because, as a large company, which can be intrusive in people’s lives, we should know about that responsibility and be really humble when meeting people who are in a difficult situation, I think those who have had me as Fiscal director can recognize It will be an important part of how Nav carries out its work and mission, says Holte.
– How do you want to reverse the Nav scandal?
– I am concerned that we will work systematically and well to build confidence in profit management at Nav in the future.
– I perceive that intense work is being done on several fronts at Nav at the moment, both in dealing with the creation of EEA cases and in the consequences of the crown situation for working life. I am sure that these two tasks will be important and important tasks for me as Nav Director during the summer.
Eleven applicants
He was among the eleven who had applied for the position of Director of Nav.
Holte has led the Tax Administration since August 1, 2013 and has a long career in public administration. Last fall, he was re-elected to the position of Director of Taxation for a new six-year term.
Applicants included Tor Erik Tobiassen, Nav case manager Helle Henriksen-Tenningås, former section manager for Nav Søndre Nordstrand in Oslo and assistant professor Åke Elden at the University of Southern Norway.
A total of eight men and three women had applied for the position.
