Jakob Vorren (Labour Party) became Political Adviser to Minister of Transport Jon-Ivar Nygård on 14^th October 2021.

Prior to that he was Political Adviser with The Norwegian Union of Municipal and General Employees from 2020. During the term 2019-2023, Vorren is a member of Møre & Romsdal County Council, and is on leave during the time he is Political Adviser to the Minister of Transport. He was a political adviser in the Labour Party's Parliamentary Group 2019-2020 and 2018-2019, and has held various political positions, including in AUF. Vorren is educated at the University of Bergen (economics and European studies) and BI Norwegian Business School (courses in, among other things, management).