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Sylvi Graham

Sylvi Graham (born 17 December 1951) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.

From 2004 to 2005, during the second cabinet Bondevik, Graham was appointed State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Akershus during the term 20052009. From 2017 she is President of the Forum for Women and Development.

On the local level Graham was the mayor of Oppegård from 1995 to 2004, and since 2005. She was first elected to Oppegård municipal council in 1980.

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