 After Høybråten announced that he would not seek reelection as party leader of KrF , Hareide quickly emerged as the leading candidate to succeed Høybråten , after the two other apparent candidates , <unk> Eriksen and Hans Olav <unk> , announced they would not run . Hareide is considered to belong to the socially liberal wing of the party , and conservative members of the party have demanded that at least one of the deputy leaders be from the party 's conservative wing if they are to support Hareide . Hareide supported the efforts to eliminate the rule which requires Christian Democratic party representatives to declare a Christian faith , and a vote gave a clear majority to abolish that rule two years later . Hareide was unanimously voted in as new party leader at the 2011 convention on 30 April 2011 . Hareide declined the nomination as parliamentary leader , and Hans Olav <unk> was elected to this position . 
