Rita Iren Sletner (born 1960) is a Norwegian politician for the

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. She grew up in

Bjørkelangen Bjørkelangen is a village of 3,196 inhabitants (January 2015 figures) in the Akershus county of south-eastern Norway. Located immediately north of Lake Bjørkelangen, it became the administrative centre of the Aurskog-Høland Aurskog-Høland i ...

, married and settled in

Mysen Mysen is the administrative center of the municipalities of Norway, municipality of Eidsberg in the counties of Norway, county of Østfold in Norway. The town is named after the old farm of Mysen (Old Norse, Norse ''Mysin'', from ''*Mosvin''), si ...

where she worked several years in a crisis centre. She was elected to

Eidsberg Eidsberg was a Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Østfold Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality was the List of cities in Norway, town of Mysen. In 2020, Eidsberg was absorbed into the Indre Øst ...

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and

Østfold Østfold () is a county in Eastern Norway, which from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2023 was part of Viken. Østfold borders Akershus and southwestern Sweden (Västra Götaland County and Värmland), while Buskerud and Vestfold are on the other ...

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. In the

2001 Norwegian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 9 and 10 September 2001.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1438 The governing Labour Party lost seats and their vote share was the worst they had ever ...

, she headed the Liberal Party ballot in

for the first time. She was not elected, but the Liberal Party managed to form

Bondevik's Second Cabinet Bondevik's Second Cabinet governed Norway between 19 October 2001 and 17 October 2005. It was led by Kjell Magne Bondevik and consisted of the Conservative Party of Norway, Conservative Party, the Christian Democratic Party (Norway), Christian De ...

. Sletner was a State Secretary in the

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during the entire lifespan of the cabinet, from 2001 to 2005. Afterwards, Sletner became assisting secretary-general in the Liberal Party. She again spearheaded the Liberal Party ballot in Østfold in

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

and

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

. Sletner was named as leader of the committee that produced the ''

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2008:4'' on policy against sexual violence. She was also a corporate council member of

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from 2007 through 2010. In 2009, she applied for the position as

Gender Equality and Anti-Discrimination Ombud The Gender Equality and Anti-Discrimination Ombud () is a Norwegian ombudsman for gender equality and anti-discrimination, and is appointed for a term of six years by the King-in-Council, in effect by the Government of Norway The Council o ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sletner, Rita 1961 births Living people People from Aurskog-Høland People from Eidsberg Norwegian state secretaries Norwegian women state secretaries Liberal Party (Norway) politicians Østfold politicians