Kjersti Markusson (born 13 April 1955) is a Norwegian politician for the
Socialist Left Party.
She has spent most of her professional career in the school system, and has been active in the trade union
Union of Education Norway. She was first elected to the
municipal council
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of
Evenes Municipality
or is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Nordland Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Ofoten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Bogen, ...
in 1991, and has been re-elected several times. She has also been a member of
Nordland
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county council
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Australia
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.
When the
second cabinet Stoltenberg
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assumed office following the 2005 election, she was appointed
State Secretary in the
Ministry of Finance
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. In October 2007 she changed to the
Office of the Prime Minister.
References
1955 births
Living people
Socialist Left Party (Norway) politicians
Norwegian state secretaries
Nordland politicians
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