Irene Bauer

Irene Bauer was a Norwegian senior government official, Labour Party politician and feminist. She served as president of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights from 1988 to 1990. She also served as a political adviser to the Parliamentary Group of the Labour Party and as the Private Secretary to Minister of Trade and Industry Finn Kristensen in 1989. She served as a Director in the Ministry of the Environment from 1997. She has also worked at the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy. She was the mother of the noted comedian Thomas Giertsen.