Laila Dåvøy
Laila Dåvøy | |
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Minister of Children and Equality | |
In office 19 October 2001 – 17 October 2005 | |
Prime Minister | Kjell Magne Bondevik |
Preceded by | Karita Bekkemellem |
Succeeded by | Karita Bekkemellem |
Personal details | |
Born | Nurse | 11 August 1948
Laila Dåvøy (born 11 August 1948, in
Christian Democratic Party. She is a former member of the Norwegian parliament and a former Minister and leader of the Norwegian Nurses' Union
.
Career
Dåvøy was a member of the executive committee of Askøy municipal council from 1983 to 1987. From 1987 to 1991 she was a deputy member of Hordaland county council.
From 1989 to 1990, during the
State Secretary
in the same ministry.
A nurse by education, Davøy was the leader of the Norwegian Nurses' Union 1992 - 1998.
In 1999 she was appointed
Norwegian Minister of Children and Family Affairs
.
She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Hordaland in 2005 and re-elected in 2009. She did not seek reelection to the parliament in 2013.[1]
Personal life
Dåvøy lives in Askøy, is married and has three children.
References
- TV2, June 25, 2012. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
- "Laila Dåvøy" (in Norwegian). Storting.