- Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa
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Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa Minister of Transport and Communications Incumbent Assumed office
20 October 2009Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg Preceded by Liv Signe Navarsete Minister of Local Government and Regional Development In office
21 September 2007 – 20 October 2009Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg Preceded by Åslaug Haga Succeeded by Liv Signe Navarsete Minister of Social Affairs In office
17 October 1997 – 3 March 2000Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik Preceded by Hill-Marta Solberg Succeeded by Guri Ingebrigtsen Personal details Born 12 November 1948
Fister, NorwayNationality Norwegian Political party Centre Party Religion Christianity[1] Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa (born 12 November 1948 in Fister) is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party. She was the Minister of Social Affairs from 1997 to 2000 and was appointed Norwegian Minister of Local Government and Regional Development on 21 September 2007. On 20 October 2009, she swapped departments and became Minister of Transport and Communications. She was elected to the Parliament of Norway for the first time in 1993, and has been reelected four times, lastly in 2009. From the 2005 elections until she was appointed to cabinet, she was the parliamentary leader for the Centre Party.
References
"Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa" (in Norwegian). Stortinget.no. http://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Representantene/Representantfordeling/Representant/?perid=MMK&tab=Biography.
- ^ "(Norwegian) Sørget for straff for religionskritikk publisher=Aftenposten" (in Norwegian). http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/article2892479.ece. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
Political offices Preceded by
Liv Signe NavarseteNorwegian Minister of Transport and Communications
2009–presentIncumbent Preceded by
Åslaug HagaNorwegian Minister of Local Government and Regional Development
2007–09Succeeded by
Liv Signe NavarsetePreceded by
Hill-Marta SolbergNorwegian Minister of Social Affairs
1999–2000Succeeded by
Guri IngebrigtsenStoltenberg's Second Cabinet Tora Aasland · Rigmor Aasrud · Dag Terje Andersen · Karita Bekkemellem · Lisbeth Berg-Hansen · Hanne Bjurstrøm · Lars Peder Brekk · Sylvia Brustad · Øystein Djupedal · Odd Eriksen · Grete Faremo · Trond Giske · Åslaug Haga · Kristin Halvorsen · Bjarne Håkon Hanssen · Anniken Huitfeldt · Sigbjørn Johnsen · Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa · Audun Lysbakken · Ola Borten Moe · Liv Signe Navarsete · Helga Pedersen · Manuela Ramin-Osmundsen · Terje Riis-Johansen · Heidi Grande Røys · Karl Eirik Schjøtt-Pedersen · Erik Solheim · Bård Vegar Solhjell · Jens Stoltenberg · Knut Storberget · Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen · Jonas Gahr StøreMembers of the Norwegian Parliament 2001–2005 Aust-Agder Vest-Agder Akershus Buskerud Finnmark Hedmark Hordaland Møre og Romsdal Grimstad · Kristoffersen · Løvik · Solholm · Aukan · Bekkemellem · Jacobsen · Nørve · Nesvik · ØveraasNordland Oppland Oslo Lønning · Stoltenberg · Halvorsen, K. · Larssen · Hagen · Nybakk · Rafiq · Holmås · Froyn · Rise · Jensen, S. · Grande · Eriksen, I.M. · Sørensen · Kjæstad · HildengRogaland Sogn og Fjordane Telemark Troms Nord-Trøndelag Sør-Trøndelag Vestfold Østfold Members of the Norwegian Parliament 2005–2009 Aust-Agder Vest-Agder Akershus Buskerud Finnmark Hedmark Hordaland Møre og Romsdal Nordland H-M. Solberg · Svendsen · Strøm · Elvik · Ellingsen · T. Pedersen · Samuelsen · Kristiansen · Ljunggren · SahlOppland Oslo Rogaland Sogn og Fjordane Telemark Troms Nord-Trøndelag Sør-Trøndelag Vestfold Østfold Members of the Norwegian Parliament 2009–2013 Aust-Agder Vest-Agder Akershus Buskerud Finnmark Hedmark Hordaland Strøm-Erichsen · Sortevik · E. Solberg · Henriksen · Hagesæter · Halleraker · Lydvo · Dåvøy · Woldseth · Teigen · Warloe · Toppe · Lysbakken · Rommetveit · ReiertsenMøre og Romsdal Nordland Strøm · Ljunggren · Svendsen · Kristiansen · Ellingsen · Sivertsen · Nordås · L. Hansen · G-K. Hansen · TrældalOppland Oslo Stoltenberg · Foss · Jensen · Nybakk · Halvorsen · Søreide · Bøhler · Tybring-Gjedde · Støre · Grande · Tetzschner · Marthinsen · Myhre · Holmås · Tajik · Astrup · SyversenRogaland Sogn og Fjordane Telemark Troms Nord-Trøndelag Sør-Trøndelag Vestfold Østfold Categories:- 1948 births
- Norwegian Christians
- Living people
- Government ministers of Norway
- Norwegian women in politics
- Members of the Parliament of Norway
- Centre Party (Norway) politicians
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