Terje Riis-Johansen (born 15 March 1968) is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party. Riis-Johansen was born in

Skien Skien () is a municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Grenland, although historically it belonged to Grenmar/Skiensfjorden, while Grenland referred the Norsjø area and Bø. The administrative ...

. He 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

Telemark Telemark () is a Counties of Norway, county and a current electoral district in Norway. Telemark borders the counties of Vestfold, Buskerud, Vestland, Rogaland and Agder. In 2020, Telemark merged with the county of Vestfold to form the county o ...

in 1993, but was not re-elected in 1997. From 1997 to 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 ...

, he was appointed political advisor in the

Ministry of Finance A ministry of finance is a ministry or other government agency in charge of government finance, fiscal policy, and financial regulation. It is headed by a finance minister, an executive or cabinet position . A ministry of finance's portfoli ...

. In 2005, during the

second cabinet Stoltenberg 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 ...

, he was appointed Minister of Agriculture and Food, but changed department in 2008 and served as

Minister of Petroleum and Energy The Minister of Energy () is a councilor of state and chief of the Norway's Ministry of Petroleum and Energy. The current minister is Terje Aasland. The ministry is responsible for the government's energy policy, including management of Norwa ...

. On 4 March 2011 he was succeeded by fellow Centre Party politician

Ola Borten Moe Ola Borten Moe (born 6 June 1976) is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party. He was an MP for Sør-Trøndelag from 2005 to 2013, and was re-elected in 2021. From 2021 to 2023, he served as Minister of Research and Higher Education. He also ...

. On the local level he was a member of

municipality council from 1991 to 1995. During the same term he was also a member of Telemark county council. After the

2011 Norwegian local elections Nationwide local elections for seats in municipality and county councils were held throughout Norway on 12 September 2011. Several municipalities also opened the polling booths on 11 September. For polling stations this meant that two elections, t ...

the local centre-right alliance was dissolved, and Riis-Johansen became Telemark's county mayor of a new centre-left coalition. Riis-Johansen was a member of the board of

Nei til EU No to the EU (NTEU) () is a Norwegian nonpartisan political organization opposed to Norwegian accession to the European Union. Formed in 1990, No to the EU successfully campaigned against EU membership in the 1994 referendum on the issue throu ...

from 1995 to 1997, of

Telemark University College Telemark University College (TUC, , HiT) was, until its merger, the fourth largest university college in Norway. The University College had about 7000 students, split between four locations in Bø, Notodden, Porsgrunn, Rauland and Drammen. Hier ...

from 2000 to 2003 and of the

Norwegian Farmers' Union The Norwegian Agrarian Association () is the largest Norwegian interest organization for farmers. It functions both as a labour union and as a trade union. It negotiates with the Norwegian Farmers and Smallholders Union and the Norwegian Minis ...

from 2000 to 2005. Riis-Johansen served as the only county mayor of

Vestfold og Telemark Vestfold og Telemark (; ) was a county in Norway, which existed from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2023. The county was the southernmost one of Eastern Norway and consisted of two distinct and separate traditional regions: the former counties of ...

between 2020 and 2023, when the county was split into the new and re-established counties of

and

Vestfold Vestfold () is a county and a current electoral district in Norway. Located on the western shore of the Oslofjord, it borders Buskerud and Telemark counties. The county administration is located in Tønsberg, Norway's oldest city, and the larg ...

. He was succeeded by Anne Strømøy in Vestfold on 18 October 2023, followed by Sven Tore Løkslid in Telemark on 23 October 2023.

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* 1968 births Living people Politicians from Skien Centre Party (Norway) politicians Ministers of agriculture and food of Norway Ministers of energy of Norway Chairpersons of County Councils of Norway Members of the Storting 1993–1997 {{Norway-politician-1960s-stub