André Kvakkestad

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André Kvakkestad

André Kvakkestad (born 28 October 1971) is a Norwegian lawyer and politician for the Progress Party.

Early life and education

Kvakkestad was born in Oslo as the son of director Willy R. Rahm and manager Elisabeth S. Kvakkestad. He attended Hebekk School (1978–84), Ski Lower Secondary School (1984–87), Ski Upper Secondary School (1987–1990) and studied law at the University of Oslo from 1990 to 1995. Since 2007, he has held a license as a lawyer.

Political career

He has been a member

Parliament of Norway for Akershus, and from 2000 to 2001 worked as an advisor for the parliamentary group. From 2001 to 2005, he was a regular member of parliament where he sat in the Standing Committee on Justice. He also participated in the parliamentary delegation to the European Council
.

Prior to the 2005 Norwegian parliamentary election, the nomination committee of Akershus Progress Party wanted Kvakkestad as their top candidate for the election. The local chapter in Romerike held a secret meeting, without inviting members from Skedsmo or other parts of Akershus. At the nomination meeting, Kvakkestad and the other three top candidates were removed and replaced by people from Skedsmo. Kvakkestad stated afterwards that he felt that there had been a campaign against him intending to remove him as member of parliament due to him being gay.[1]

Personal life

After retiring from parliament, Kvakkestad worked as a lawyer at Ingfrid O. Tveit from 2006 to 2007, and after that as a

openly gay
.

References

  1. ^ Wisløff, Harald (15 December 2004). "Hemmelige møter før kuppet". Østlandets Blad (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 27 January 2005. Retrieved 25 September 2009.
  2. ^ "André Kvakkestad" (in Norwegian). Storting.

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