Terje Riis-Johansen
Terje Riis-Johansen | |
|---|---|
Minister of Petroleum and Energy | |
| In office 20 June 2008 – 4 March 2011 | |
| Prime Minister | Jens Stoltenberg |
| Preceded by | Åslaug Haga |
| Succeeded by | Ola Borten Moe |
| Minister of Agriculture and Food | |
| In office 17 October 2005 – 20 June 2008 | |
| Prime Minister | Jens Stoltenberg |
| Preceded by | Lars Sponheim |
| Succeeded by | Lars Peder Brekk |
| Member of the Norwegian Parliament | |
| In office 1 October 1993 – 30 September 1997 | |
| Constituency | Telemark |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 March 1968 Skien, Norway |
| Political party | Centre Party |
Terje Riis-Johansen (born 15 March 1968) is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party.
Riis-Johansen was born in
On the local level he was a member of Skien municipality council from 1991 to 1995. During the same term he was also a member of Telemark county council.
After the 2011 Norwegian local elections the local centre-right alliance was dissolved, and Riis-Johansen became Telemark's county mayor of a new centre-left coalition.[1]
Riis-Johansen was a member of the board of
Riis-Johansen served as both the first and last county mayor of Vestfold og Telemark between 2020 and 2023, when the county was split into the new and re-established counties of Telemark and Vestfold. He was succeeded by Anne Strømøy in Vestfold on 18 October 2023, followed by Sven Tore Løkslid in Telemark on 23 October 2023.
References
- ^ Holmquist, Tone (22 September 2011). "Høyre vinner fylkesduellen". Kommunal Rapport (in Norwegian). p. 10.
- "Terje Riis-Johansen" (in Norwegian). Storting.