Jan Petersen | |
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![]() Petersen in 2003 as Minister of Foreign Affairs. | |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
In office 19 October 2001 –17 October 2005 | |
Prime Minister | Kjell Magne Bondevik |
Preceded by | Thorbjørn Jagland |
Succeeded by | Jonas Gahr Støre |
Conservative Parliamentary Leader | |
In office 1 October 1994 –17 October 2001 | |
Leader | Himself |
Preceded by | Anders Talleraas |
Succeeded by | Oddvard Nilsen |
Leader of the Conservative Party | |
In office 10 April 1994 –9 May 2004 | |
First Deputy | Børge Brende Inge Lønning Erna Solberg |
Second Deputy | Elisabeth Aspaker Anne Berit Andersen Per-Kristian Foss |
Preceded by | Kaci Kullmann Five |
Succeeded by | Erna Solberg |
Member of the Norwegian Parliament | |
In office 1 October 1981 –30 September 2009 | |
Constituency | Akershus |
Mayor of Oppegård | |
In office 1 January 1976 –30 September 1981 | |
Preceded by | Tore Haugen |
Succeeded by | Bjørn Kristiansen |
Leader of the Young Conservatives | |
In office 1971–1973 | |
Preceded by | Hans Svelleland |
Succeeded by | Per-Kristian Foss |
Personal details | |
Born | Oslo,Norway | 11 June 1946
Nationality | Norwegian |
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse(s) | Vesla Johannessen (m. 1984) |
Education | University of Oslo |
Jan Petersen (born 11 June 1946,in Oslo) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. Petersen was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Akershus in 1981,and was re-elected on six occasions. He had previously served as a deputy representative during the term 1973–1977. From 2001 to 2005,when the second cabinet Bondevik held office,Petersen was Minister of Foreign Affairs. During this period his seat in parliament was held by AndréOktay Dahl.
On the local level Petersen was a member of Oppegård municipal council from 1967 to 1983,serving as mayor from 1975 to 1981.
He chaired the Conservative Party from 1994 to 2004. From 1971 to 1973 he was the leader of the Young Conservatives (Unge Høyre),the youth wing of the Conservative Party.
Outside politics Petersen has a cand.jur. degree from the University of Oslo in 1973. Before entering national politics he worked for a few years in the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad). From 2009 to 2014 he served as the Norwegian ambassador to Austria,and he then retired.
In 2004,Petersen was appointed a Commander with Star of the Order of St. Olav.
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