Akhtar Chaudhry | |
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Fourth Vice President of the Storting | |
In office 8 October 2009 –30 September 2013 | |
President | Dag Terje Andersen |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Ingjerd Schou |
Member of Parliament for Oslo | |
In office 1 October 2001 –30 September 2013 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Haque Nawaz Akhtar Chaudhry 23 July 1961 Lahore,Pakistan |
Nationality | Pakistani Norwegian |
Political party | Socialist Left Party |
Residence(s) | Oslo,Norway |
Occupation | Politician |
Haque Nawaz Akhtar Chaudhry (born 23 July 1961) is a Pakistani-Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party and 4th Vice President (deputy speaker) of the Norwegian parliament from 2009 to 2013. He came to Norway from Pakistan in 1982. [1]
Chaudhry served in the position of deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Oslo during the terms 2001–2005 and 2005–2009. Halfway into the latter term,in 2007,he moved up as a regular representative as Heidi Sørensen (who in turn filled in for Kristin Halvorsen) was appointed State Secretary. He has been a member of Parliament since then. When Sørensen returned to Parliament in 2012,Heikki Holmås joined the cabinet,so from then Chaudry replaced him in Parliament.
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