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Marit Elisebet Totland
Marit Elisebet Totland (born 1957) is a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party of Norway, Christian Democratic Party. She was elected to Bømlo municipality council in 1991, and became mayor in 1995. She still held that post when in 1997, during the first cabinet Bondevik, she was appointed State Secretary#Norway, State Secretary in the Ministry of Education and Research (Norway), Ministry of Church Affairs, Education and Research. She lost that post with the cabinet change in 2000. In 2007 she was elected to Kvinnherad municipality council. ReferencesMarit Elisebet Totland statssekretær i Kyrkje-, utdannings- og forskingsdepartementet - Regjeringen.no 1957 births Living people Christian Democratic Party (Norway) politicians Mayors of places in Hordaland Norwegian state secretaries Women mayors of places in Norway 20th-century Norwegian women politicians 20th-century Norwegian politicians 21st-century Norwegian women politicians 21st-century Norwegian pol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayors Of Places In Hordaland
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21st-century Norwegian Politicians
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Women Mayors Of Places In Norway
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Norwegian State Secretaries
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Christian Democratic Party (Norway) Politicians
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Christian Democratic Party Of Norway
The Christian Democratic Party (, , , KrF; ) is a Christian democracy, Christian-democratic List of political parties in Norway, political party in Norway founded in 1933. The party is an observer member of the European People's Party (EPP). It currently holds three seats in the Parliament, having won 3.8% of the vote in the 2021 Norwegian parliamentary election, 2021 parliamentary election. The current leader of the party is Dag Inge Ulstein. The Christian Democrats' leader from 1983 to 1995, Kjell Magne Bondevik, was one of the most prominent political figures in modern Norway, serving as Prime Minister of Norway, Prime Minister from 1997 to 2000 and 2001 to 2005. Under the old leadership of Bondevik and Valgerd Svarstad Haugland, the party to some extent moved in a more liberal direction. Due largely to their poor showing in the 2009 Norwegian parliamentary election, 2009 elections, the party has seen a conflict between its conservative and liberal wings. Until 2019, the lead ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1957 Births
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