Valgerd Svarstad Haugland

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Valgerd Svarstad Haugland
Minister of Children and Family Affairs
In office
17 October 1997 – 17 March 2000
Prime MinisterKjell Magne Bondevik
Preceded bySylvia Brustad
Succeeded byKarita Bekkemellem
Personal details
Born (1956-08-23) 23 August 1956 (age 67)
Kvam, Hordaland, Norway
Political partyChristian Democratic

Valgerd Svarstad Haugland (born 23 August 1956) is a Norwegian teacher, politician and civil servant.

She was leader of the

Minister of Culture from 2001 to 2005. Since 2019, she has been County Governor of Østfold, Buskerud, Oslo and Akershus.[1]
Prior to that, she served as county Governor of Oslo and Akershus from 2011 to 2018.

In her capacity as Minister of Culture and Church Affairs, she gave volunteer work particular emphasis.

She withdrew as party leader at an extraordinary annual assembly of the party on 23 January 2004. She was primarily held responsible for the poor results during the last local election, held in September 2003. In the 2005 parliamentary elections she failed to win a seat in parliament.

Until 2010 she was a board member of the

Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Blir fylkesmann i Viken og Oslo" (in Norwegian). NRK. 21 June 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  2. ^ Didriksen, Nina; Fenne, Marit (10 June 2010). "William Nygaard ny styreleder i NRK" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 10 May 2011.

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Party political offices
Preceded by Leader of the Christian Democratic Party
1995–2004
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by
Norwegian Minister of Culture and Church Affairs

2001–2005
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Norwegian Minister of Children and Families

1997–2000
Succeeded by