- Sylvia Brustad
Sylvia Brustad (born
December 19 1966 inElverum ) is a Norwegian politician for theNorwegian Labour Party . She is the current Minister of Trade and Industry in thesecond cabinet Stoltenberg .Brustad graduated from high school in 1983, and attended the media courses at the
folk high school inRingsaker until 1985. She then worked as a journalist, among other publications she worked for "LO-aktuelt", the news publication of theNorwegian Confederation of Trade Unions .Brustad was elected to a county council seat in
Hedmark following the local elections of 1987. In the 1989 election, she was elected to a seat in the Norwegian Parliament and left county politics.In
cabinet Jagland which held office between 1996 and 1997, she was Minister for Children and Family Affairs. She was later Minister for Local Government and Regional Development in thefirst cabinet Stoltenberg between 2000 and 2001. Following the electoral victory of the 2005 elections, Brustad became Minister of Health and Care Services in the second cabinet Stoltenberg. She was moved to the post of Minister of Trade and Industry in June 2008.Brustad became known for her role as Minister for Child and Family Affairs when a law restricting the opening hours of shops on Sundays, holidays and after nine in the evening was passed. Only stores smaller than 100 square metres were allowed to remain open, such shops were somewhat disparagingly nicknamed "Brustadbuer" ("Brustad corner stores"), until the law was quietly repealed in 2003. [ [http://onlinemagasinet.no/artikkel.php?KatID=1&ArtID=1106 Ingen har merket at Brustadbua forsvant] (Nobody noticed that the Brustadbu disapperared, onlinmagasinet.no, published June 11 2003] Brustad herself claimed that she had not personally advocated the law, but that she was required to follow through on a decision within the Labour Party. [ [http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/politikk/article364165.ece Brustad angrer "Brustad-bua"] (Brustad regrets the "Brustadbua") Aftenposten July 15, 2002]
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