Atle Simonsen

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Atle Simonsen
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Simonsen in 2014
Born (1988-11-04) 4 November 1988 (age 34)
Sola, Norway [1]
NationalityNorwegian
OccupationPolitician
Political party Progress Party

Atle Simonsen (born 4 November 1988) is a Norwegian politician.

Career

Simonsen was elected deputy representative to the Storting from the constituency of Rogaland, for the period 20172021 for the Progress Party. He replaced Solveig Horne at the Storting from October 2017, where he was a member of the Standing Committee on Labour and Social Affairs. [2]

He was political advisor in the Ministry of Health from 2016 to 2017. He was appointed as State Secretary in the Ministry of Education and Research in 2018, and in the Ministry of Finance from 2018 to 2020. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Tvedt, Knut Are. "Atle Simonsen". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  2. "Simonsen, Atle" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 8 October 2017.