Rolf Presthus | |
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Leader of the Conservative Party | |
In office 20 April 1986 –1 January 1988 | |
First Deputy | Kaci Kullmann Five |
Second Deputy | Erlend Rian |
Preceded by | Erling Norvik |
Succeeded by | Jan P. Syse |
Minister of Defence | |
In office 25 April 1986 –9 May 1986 | |
Prime Minister | Kåre Willoch |
Preceded by | Anders Sjaastad |
Succeeded by | Johan Jørgen Holst |
Minister of Finance | |
In office 14 October 1981 –25 April 1986 | |
Prime Minister | Kåre Willoch |
Preceded by | Ulf Sand |
Succeeded by | Arne Skauge |
Member of the Norwegian Parliament | |
In office 1 October 1969 –1 January 1988 | |
Constituency | Akershus |
Mayor of Oppegård | |
In office 1 January 1968 –1 October 1969 | |
Preceded by | Erling Erichsen |
Succeeded by | Tore Haugen |
Personal details | |
Born | Oslo,Norway | 29 July 1936
Died | 1 January 1988 51) Oslo,Norway | (aged
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse(s) | Kari Modahl (m. 1963) |
Rolf Presthus (29 July 1936 –1 January 1988) was a Norwegian politician and lawyer,who was chairman of the Norwegian Conservative Party from 1986 to 1988.
Presthus served as Minister of Finance 1981–1986,and Minister of Defence in 1986. He was a member of parliament from Akershus from 1969 to 1988,and mayor of Oppegård from 1968 to 1969. [1]
At the Conservative party conference in 1987 he became the first Norwegian politician to use a teleprompter during a speech. He received widespread criticism and accusations,both for cheating and contributing to the Americanization of Norwegian politics. [2] [3]
Presthus died in Oslo at the age of 51 on 1 January 1988,due to a cerebral hemorrhage. [4]
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