Answer the following question: Facts: - party: progress party - primeminister: erna solberg - office: minister of finance leader of the progress party - predecessor: sigbjrn johnsen carl hagen - term start: 16 october 2013 5 october 2006 - birth date: 1 june 1969 - name: siv jensen - image: siv jensen-14 . jpg - birth place: oslo , norway - religion: lutheranism - alma mater: norwegian school of economics Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of siv jensen .
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siv jensen -lrb- born 1 june 1969 -rrb- is a norwegian politician who has been minister of finance since 2013 and leader of the progress party since 2006 .she represents oslo in the storting , the norwegian parliament .born and raised in oslo , jensen graduated with commerce/business studies from the norwegian school of economics in 1992 , and was employed as a sales consultant the same year .after failing to secure a seat in the storting in the 1993 parliamentary election , she was elected in the 1997 election from the oslo constituency , and has been re-elected for four consecutive terms .she chaired the parliamentary finance committee from 2001 to 2005 , and in 2006 succeeded long-time chairman carl i. hagen as leader of the progress party .jensen was the progress party 's candidate for prime minister in the 2009 parliamentary election , which saw record high results for the party .for the 2013 parliamentary election she supported prospects of a coalition government headed by the conservative party , and led her party into the solberg cabinet , the party 's first ever government , with jensen becoming minister of finance .