Turid Thomassen (born 19 April 1965) is a Norwegian politician who was party leader of the Norwegian

Red Red is the color at the long wavelength end of the visible spectrum of light, next to orange and opposite violet. It has a dominant wavelength of approximately 625–750 nanometres. It is a primary color in the RGB color model and a seconda ...

party from 2010 to 2012, succeeding Torstein Dahle. Born in Stathelle,

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 ...

, Thomassen works in the administration offices of the Department for Television Education and Film Science at the Lillehammer University College, where she is also the highest

union representative A union representative, union steward, or shop steward is an employee of an organization or company who represents and defends the interests of their fellow employees as a trades/labour union member and official. Rank-and-file members of the un ...

for the Norwegian Civil Service Union. Since 1999, she has been a member of

Lillehammer Lillehammer () is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Lillehammer. Some of the more notable villages in the munici ...

city council and at the Norwegian parliamentary election in 2009, she was her party's first candidate on the county ballot for

Oppland Oppland is a former county in Norway which existed from 1781 until its dissolution on 1 January 2020. The old Oppland county bordered the counties of Trøndelag, Møre og Romsdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Akershus, Oslo and Hedmark. The ...

. Thomassen was elected as party leader of Red at the party's general assembly on 30 May 2010 after many years as member of Red Youth,

Red Electoral Alliance Red Electoral Alliance (, , RV) was an alliance of far-left groups formed into a Norwegian political party to promote revolutionary socialism ideals into the Norwegian parliament. The party dissolved itself on 10 March 2007, when it participated ...

and the Workers' Communist Party. She was succeeded by

Bjørnar Moxnes Bjørnar Moxnes (born 19 December 1981) is a Norwegian politician and activist representing the left-wing political party, the Red Party in the Storting. Moxnes opposes the European Union, characterizing Norway's participation in the EEA as unde ...

at the 2012 general assembly on 6 May.TV 2, 6. mai 2012
Bjørnar Moxnes (30) er Rødts nye leder
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Thomassen, Turid Living people 1965 births Red Party (Norway) politicians Norwegian trade unionists Norwegian women in politics Leaders of political parties in Norway People from Bamble People from Stathelle Academic staff of Lillehammer University College Norwegian women trade unionists