Tora Aasland | |
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Minister of Research and Higher Education | |
In office 18 October 2007 – 23 March 2012 | |
Prime Minister | Jens Stoltenberg |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Iselin Nybø (2018) |
Member of the Norwegian Parliament | |
In office 1 October 1985 – 30 September 1993 | |
Constituency | Akershus |
Governor of Rogaland | |
In office 23 March 2012 – 1 October 2013 | |
Preceded by | Harald Torfinn Thune (acting) |
Succeeded by | Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa |
In office 1 October 1993 – 18 October 2007 | |
Preceded by | Harald Torfinn Thune (acting) |
Succeeded by | Harald Thorfinn Thune (acting) |
Vice President of the Odelsting | |
In office 10 October 1989 – 30 September 1993 | |
President | Inger Lise Gjørv |
Preceded by | Kåre Kristiansen |
Succeeded by | Dag Jostein Fjærvoll |
Personal details | |
Born | Skien, Telemark, Norway | 6 November 1942
Political party | Socialist Left |
Tora Aasland (born 6 November 1942, in Skien) is a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party. She served as the Minister of Research and Higher Education from 18 October 2007 to 23 March 2012. She was a member of the Norwegian Parliament, representing Akershus, from 1985 to 1993. From 1991 to 2013, she served as the County Governor of Rogaland.
Aasland was a deputy member of the executive committee of Nesodden municipality council during the terms 1975–1979 and 1979–1983.
Aasland has a cand.sociol. degree in sociology and was a researcher at the Norwegian Institute for Social Research from 1976 to 1982, and its acting director from 1980 to 1981. She has cited Vilhelm Aubert as her largest influence.[1]
References
- ↑ Jakobsen, Siw Ellen (19 December 2007). "Drømmejobben!". Forskning.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 1 December 2008.
External links
- "Tora Aasland" (in Norwegian). Storting.
- Regjeringen.no - C.V.
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