Robin Martin Kåss (born 10 January 1977 in Dublin, Ireland) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He has lived most of his life in

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. He joined the Workers' Youth League at a young age, and was also active in JEF Norway. He was elected to

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in 1995. After completing national service in the

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, he moved to

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to study medicine, graduating in 2003 with honours. He started as a family doctor in

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, and later also became the medical director of the GP-led casualty unit. He was elected for a second term in Porsgrunn city council in 2007 after becoming leader of Porsgrunn Labour party the same year. In October 2008 he was appointed State Secretary in the

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. In June 2010 he was appointed State Secretary in the Norwegian Ministry of Health and Care Services. In 2015 he was elected

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of the city of

; he was reelected in 2019.

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