Arne Thomassen | |
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County Mayor of Agder | |
Assumed office 23 October 2019 | |
Deputy | Bjørn Ropstad Jorunn Gleditsch Lossius |
Preceded by | Position established |
Mayor of Lillesand | |
In office October 2003 –17 October 2019 | |
Deputy | Arve Danielsen Tor Audun Danielsen Hege Marie Holthe Jorunn Gleditsch Lossius |
Preceded by | Odd Steinsdal |
Succeeded by | Einar Holmer-Hoven |
Deputy Member of the Storting | |
In office 1 October 2009 –30 September 2021 | |
Constituency | Aust-Agder |
Personal details | |
Born | Lillesand,Aust-Agder,Norway | 13 February 1959
Political party | Conservative |
Occupation | Plumber Politician |
Arne Thomassen (born 13 February 1959) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. He has served as county mayor of Agder since 2019. He previously served as mayor of Lillesand between 2003 and 2019 and a deputy member of parliament for Aust-Agder between 2009 and 2021.
He served as a deputy representative to the Storting from Aust-Agder between 2009 and 2021,having been re-elected in 2013 and 2017. [1]
He has been an elected member of Aust-Agder county council and served as the leader of Aust-Agder Conservative Party. He also served as mayor of Lillesand between 2003 and 2019, [2] securing re-election in 2007,2011 and 2015. [3] [4] He was succeeded by fellow party member Einar Holmer-Hoven in 2019. [5] [6]
He was elected county mayor of Agder at the 2019 local elections,becoming the first county mayor of a unified Agder county. [7] He won re-election at the 2023 local elections. [8]