Arne Gulbrand Drogseth (5 January 1893 – 11 February 1973) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. Drogseth started his national political career as a deputy member of the

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in the period 1937–45. He served as private secretary to the Minister of Trade 1946–1947, state secretary to the Minister of Trade in 1947, and state secretary to the Minister of Industry 1947–1951. On 29 June 1951, he was made acting Minister of Industry when

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took leave of absence. His tenure was short, however, as the second cabinet of

Einar Gerhardsen Einar Henry Gerhardsen (; 10 May 1897 – 19 September 1987) was a Norwegian politician who served as the prime minister of Norway from 1945 to 1951, 1955 to 1963 and 1963 to 1965. With a total of 16 years in office, he is the longest serving Pri ...

resigned on 19 November the same year. Drogseth was a

mining engineer Mining engineering is the extraction of minerals from the ground. It is associated with many other disciplines, such as mineral processing, exploration, excavation, geology, metallurgy, geotechnical engineering and surveying. A mining engineer m ...

by profession, and after his resignation from the government he served as manager of the mining company Norsk Bergverk until 1963.

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1893 births 1973 deaths Norwegian mining engineers Government ministers of Norway {{Norway-politician-1890s-stub