Dag Terje Andersen
Dag Terje Andersen | |
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Gunhild Øyangen | |
Succeeded by | Kåre Gjønnes |
Party Secretary of the Labour Party | |
In office 4 September 1992 – 25 October 1996 | |
Preceded by | Thorbjørn Jagland |
Succeeded by | Solveig Torsvik |
Personal details | |
Born | Frogn, Akershus | 27 May 1957
Nationality | Norwegian |
Political party | Labour |
Spouse | Married |
Children | 2 |
Occupation | Politician |
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.