- Reiulf Steen
Reiulf Steen (born
16 August 1933 inHurum ) is a Norwegian politician for theNorwegian Labour Party . He was active in theNorwegian Labour Party from 1958 to 1990, serving as deputy party chairman from 1965 to 1975 and chairman from 1975 to 1981.Steen was elected leader of the regional Labour Party affiliate at age 14. He started out his professional career as a factory worker but soon took a job as a journalist in the newspaper "
Fremtiden ", inDrammen . He rose quickly through the ranks of his party, chairing the Workers' Youth League from 1961 to 1964.He later served as minister of transportation 1971–1972 and minister of commerce and trade 1979–1981. From 1977 to 1993 he was a member of Parliament, representing the constituencies
Oslo andAkershus .He was the vice president of theSocialist International from 1978 to 1983 and chaired its committee onChile from 1975 to 1990. He maintained a long-standing interest in Latin America and was appointed Norwegian ambassador to Chile in 1992, a tenure that lasted until 1996.In later years, his memoirs and personal recollections have affected public opinion.Fact|date=December 2007 He has related accounts of his own
psychiatric problems, difficulties within the Labour Party, and other contemporary issues.Fact|date=December 2007 He has also written columns for several of the country's leading newspapers, dealing with matters such as the EU, the war in Iraq, and the shift to the right of his party in recent years. He has also been active inATTAC and chaired the Norwegian branch of theEuropean Movement (1999–2001),Norsk Folkehjelp (1999–2003) and the Norwegian branch of theHelsinki Committee for Human Rights (1986–1992).References
* [http://epos.stortinget.no/Biografi.aspx?initialer=REST Stortinget.no biography] no icon
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.