Kjell Ingolf Ropstad

From late 2018 to early 2019, he led the party’s negotiations to enter the Solberg Cabinet after the path choice initiated by then leader Knut Arild Hareide. When negotiations were finished, he alongside to other party members, were appointed to the cabinet. Ropstad himself became Minister of Children and Family Affairs,and was also subsequently elected party leader in April the same year.

He was the leader of the Youth of the Christian People's Party, the youth wing of the Christian Democratic Party, from 2007–2010. He had previously been deputy leader since 2005.

He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Aust-Agder during the term 2005–2009. He was elected a representative from Aust-Agder for the period 2009–2013.

He was a member of Evje og Hornes municipality council from 2003–2007, and the county council in Aust-Agder from 2003–2007.

Kjell Ingolf Ropstad (born 1 June 1985) is a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party, who is the Minister of Children, Family and Church Affairs and the leader of the Christian Democratic Party since 2019. He has been a member of the Norwegian Parliament Stortinget since 2009.

Kjell Ingolf Ropstad was born in Arendal in 1985 to teacher Gunda Wiberg and Bjørn Alfred Ropstad, who is the current mayor of Evje og Hornnes. He has a bachelor's degree in law and economics.