Erik Lahnstein (born 15 June 1972) is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party. He was active in the

Centre Youth The Centre Youth (''Senterungdommen'' or SUL) is the youth organization of the Norwegian Centre Party. Hence, they advocate decentralisation and stress their opposition of the European Union. Since 2022, the organization has been led by Andrine Ha ...

from 1989, and was a board member of the Norwegian Children and Youth Council from 1991 to 1993. He took his education at the

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, with a cand.mag. degree in 1996, then a master's degree in 1997. He worked for the

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from 1998 to 2005, then for Marut from September to October 2005. When

Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet was the Government of Norway from 17 October 2005 to 16 October 2013. It was a coalition government, coalition between the Labour Party (Norway), Labour Party, the Socialist Left Party (Norway), Socialist Left Party a ...

assumed office following the 2005 election, he was appointed political advisor in the Ministry of Transport and Communications. In October 2007 he was promoted to State Secretary. After a period as State Secretary in the

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from 2010 to 2012, he returned to the Ministry of Transport and Communications in 2012. Before the end of the year, he had transferred once again to the Office of the Prime Minister. He is the son of former party leader

Anne Enger Lahnstein Anne Enger, formerly Anne Enger Lahnstein (born 9 December 1949), is a Norwegian politician who served as County Governor of Østfold from 2004 until 2015, and Leader of the Centre Party from 1991 to 1999, with opposition to the European Union ...

, and nephew of

Inger S. Enger Inger S. Enger (born 6 July 1948, in Trøgstad) is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party (SP). She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Oppland in 2001. Previously she was mayor of Gausdal municipality from 1994-2001 (deputy mayor 1 ...

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1972 births Living people University of Oslo alumni Politicians from Oslo Centre Party (Norway) politicians Norwegian state secretaries {{Norway-politician-1970s-stub