Gisle Handeland

Gisle Handeland (born 1943) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.

From 1990 to 1992, during the third cabinet Brundtland, Handeland was appointed private secretary (today known as political advisor) in the Ministry of Transport and Communications. [ [http://www.regjeringen.no/en/The-Government/Previous-governments/The-Structure-of-the-Registry/Ministries-and-Offices/Private-SecretariesPrivate-AdvisorsPolit/Ministry-of-Transport-and-Communications.html?id=426561 Ministry of Transport and Communications (Political Advisor)] - Regjeringen.no]

In 1999 Handeland was elected county mayor ("fylkesordfører") of Hordaland, as the first from the Labour Party to hold this position. [ [http://www.hordaland.no/upload/Forsida/Dokument/PM9805/Handeland%20ny%20fylkesordførar.rtf Press release] ] He lost the position in 2003, but remained a member of the county council. He is also a member of the board of the Western Norway Regional Health Authority. [ [http://www.helse-vest.no/sw1142.asp Helse Vest: Styret] ]

He hails from Fedje.

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