Dag Terje Andersen

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Dag Terje Andersen
Gunhild Øyangen
Succeeded byKåre Gjønnes
Party Secretary of the Labour Party
In office
4 September 1992 – 25 October 1996
Preceded byThorbjørn Jagland
Succeeded bySolveig Torsvik
Personal details
Born (1957-05-27) 27 May 1957 (age 66)
Frogn, Akershus
NationalityNorwegian
Political partyLabour
SpouseMarried
Children2
OccupationPolitician

Dag Terje Andersen (born 27 May 1957 in

Norwegian Labour Party
. In addition to professional politics he has worked at a steel mill and as a lumberjack, something that has given him a reputation for politically representing the average citizen.

He was elected into the

Norwegian parliament (Storting) as a representative from Vestfold in 1997, and he was re-elected in the 2005, 2009 and 2013 elections
.

Andersen was the

state secretary
at the Ministry of Social Affairs in 1992. He was a party secretary for the Norwegian Labour Party from 1992 until 1996.

In 1996 he became Minister of Agriculture, remaining in that post for slightly less than a year. Andersen later became Minister of Trade and Industry on 29 September 2006, when Odd Eriksen resigned.

From 2009 to 2013, Andersen served as

President of the Storting
.

External links

  • "Dag Terje Andersen" (in Norwegian). Storting.
Political offices
Preceded by
Gunhild Øyangen
Minister of Agriculture

1996–1997
Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of Trade and Industry
2006–2008
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion

2008–2009
Succeeded by
Preceded by
President of the Storting

2009-2013
Succeeded by
Party political offices
Preceded by Secretary of the
Labour Party

1992–1996
Succeeded by