Valgerd Svarstad Haugland | |
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County Governor of Østfold, Buskerud, Oslo and Akershus | |
Assumed office 1 January 2019 | |
Monarch | Harald V |
Prime Minister | Erna Solberg Jonas Gahr Støre |
Preceded by | Herself,as county Governor of Oslo and Akershus,later Oslo and Viken |
County Governor of Akershus | |
In office 5 December 2011 –31 December 2018 | |
Monarch | Harald V |
Prime Minister | Jens Stoltenberg Erna Solberg |
Preceded by | Hans J. Røsjorde |
Succeeded by | Herself,as Governor of Oslo and Viken |
Minister of Culture | |
In office 19 October 2001 –17 October 2005 | |
Prime Minister | Kjell Magne Bondevik |
Preceded by | Ellen Horn |
Succeeded by | Trond Giske |
Leader of the Christian Democratic Party | |
In office 24 March 1995 –23 January 2004 | |
Preceded by | Kjell Magne Bondevik |
Succeeded by | Dagfinn Høybråten |
Minister of Children and Family Affairs | |
In office 17 October 1997 –17 March 2000 | |
Prime Minister | Kjell Magne Bondevik |
Preceded by | Sylvia Brustad |
Succeeded by | Karita Bekkemellem |
Personal details | |
Born | Kvam,Hordaland,Norway | 23 August 1956
Political party | Christian Democratic |
Valgerd Svarstad Haugland (born 23 August 1956) is a Norwegian teacher,politician and civil servant.
She was leader of the Christian Democratic Party in Norway from 1995 to 2004. She was Minister of Children and Family Affairs from 1997 to 2000 and Minister of Culture from 2001 to 2005. Since 2019,she has been County Governor of Østfold,Buskerud,Oslo and Akershus. [1] Prior to that,she served as county Governor of Oslo and Akershus from 2011 to 2018.
In her capacity as Minister of Culture and Church Affairs,she gave volunteer work particular emphasis.
She withdrew as party leader at an extraordinary annual assembly of the party on 23 January 2004. She was primarily held responsible for the poor results during the last local election,held in September 2003. In the 2005 parliamentary elections she failed to win a seat in parliament.
Until 2010 she was a board member of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. [2]
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