Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa

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Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa
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Governor of Rogaland
In office
1 November 2013 – 21 June 2019
MonarchHarald V
Prime MinisterErna Solberg
Preceded byTora Aasland
Succeeded by (acting governor for Bent Høie)
Minister of Transport and Communications
In office
20 October 2009 – 18 June 2012
Prime MinisterJens Stoltenberg
Preceded byLiv Signe Navarsete
Succeeded byMarit Arnstad
Minister of Local Government
In office
21 September 2007 – 20 October 2009
Prime MinisterJens Stoltenberg
Preceded byÅslaug Haga
Succeeded byLiv Signe Navarsete
Minister of Social Affairs
In office
17 October 1997 – 17 March 2000
Prime MinisterKjell Magne Bondevik
Preceded byHill-Marta Solberg
Succeeded byGuri Ingebrigtsen
Personal details
Born (1948-11-12) 12 November 1948 (age 72)
Fister, Rogaland, Norway
NationalityNorwegian
Political partyCentre
Alma materKristiansand lærerskole
Stavanger lærerskole

Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa (born 12 November 1948 in Fister, Norway) is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party.

Kleppa is educated as a teacher at Kristiansand Teacher Training College in 1970. She worked as a teacher from 1967 to 1992. She was a member of the Hjelmeland municipal council during the 1980s and a member of the Norwegian Parliament from 1993 until 2013. She then served as Governor of Rogaland County from 2013-2019.[1]

Political career[]

She was elected to the Parliament of Norway for the first time in 1993, and has been reelected four times, lastly in 2009. She did not seek reelection in the 2013 Norwegian parliamentary election.[2] Her political advisor is fellow Centre Party member Sigrid Brattabø Handegard.

She was the Minister of Social Affairs from 17 Oct 1997 until 17 March 2000. From 17 October 2005 until 21 September 2007, she was the parliamentary leader for the Centre Party. She was appointed Norwegian Minister of Local Government and Regional Development on 21 September 2007, a post she held until 20 October 2009 when she swapped departments and became Minister of Transport and Communications. She continued in that role until 18 June 2012. On 1 November 2013, she became the County Governor of Rogaland. She retired in 2019 after having originally stated she was retiring in November 2018.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa" (in Norwegian). Storting.
  2. ^ Løset, Kjetil (2012-06-25). "Sp-topp trekker seg fra Stortinget". TV2 (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2012-12-09.
  3. ^ "Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa quits as County Governor" (in Norwegian Nynorsk). Stavanger Aftenblad. 18 June 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
Government offices
Preceded by
Tora Aasland 		County Governor of Rogaland
2013–2019 		Succeeded by

(Acting for Bent Høie)
Political offices
Preceded by
Liv Signe Navarsete 		Norwegian Minister of Transport and Communications
2009–2012 		Succeeded by
Marit Arnstad
Preceded by
Åslaug Haga 		Norwegian Minister of Local Government and Regional Development
2007–2009 		Succeeded by
Liv Signe Navarsete
Preceded by
Hill-Marta Solberg 		Norwegian Minister of Social Affairs
1997–2000 		Succeeded by
Guri Ingebrigtsen
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