Rita H. Roaldsen (born 4 July 1956 in

Ballangen Municipality Ballangen () is a List of former municipalities of Norway, former municipality in Nordland Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1925 until its dissolution in 2020 when it became part of Narvik Municipality. The munic ...

) is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party. She was elected to the

Norwegian Parliament The Storting ( ; ) is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The unicameral parliament has 169 members and is elected every four years based on party-list proportional represe ...

from

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in 1993, but was not re-elected in 1997. Instead she served in the position of deputy representative during the term 1997–2001. Between 1997 and 1999, during the

first cabinet Bondevik Bondevik's First Cabinet governed Norway between 17 October 1997 to 17 March 2000. It was led by Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik, and consisted of the Christian Democratic Party, the Centre Party and the Liberal Party The Liberal Party is a ...

, she was appointed State Secretary in the

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. Roaldsen was a member of the

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Gratangen Municipality or is a municipality in Troms county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Central Hålogaland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Årstein. The municipality is the 261st largest by area out of the 35 ...

from 1987 to 1993. She was reelected in 1999 and she served as mayor there from 1999-2003. Outside politics, she worked as a teacher.

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* 1956 births Living people People from Ballangen Centre Party (Norway) politicians Mayors of places in Troms Norwegian state secretaries Women mayors of places in Norway 20th-century Norwegian women politicians Women members of the Storting Norwegian women state secretaries Members of the Storting 1993–1997 {{Norway-politician-1950s-stub