Gisle Handeland (born 1943) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.
From 1990 to 1995, during the third cabinet Brundtland, Handeland was private secretary (today known as political advisor) / state secretary in the Ministry of Transport and Communications. [1]
In 1999 Handeland was elected county mayor (fylkesordfører) of Hordaland, as the first from the Labour Party to hold this position. [2] He lost the position in 2003, but remained a member of the county council. He is also a member of the board of the Western Norway Regional Health Authority. [3]
He hails from Fedje.
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Preceded by Magnar Lussand | County mayor of Hordaland 1999–2003 | Succeeded by Torill Selsvold Nyborg |
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