Gerd-Liv Valla

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Gerd-Liv Valla (born 25 January 1948) was the leader of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO) from 2001, when she took over after former leader, Yngve Hågensen, to 2007, when she resigned. In 1997 she was the Norwegian Minister of Justice.

In January 2007 she was accused of having an authoritarian leading style and harassing by Ingunn Yssen, a former deputy. This sparked enormous media-interest in Valla, and generated heated debate over her future as leader of the LO-organization. On the 9th of March, under massive pressure, she announced her resignation after an external inquiry found that she and LO had violated several Norwegian labor laws. This became known as the Valla scandal.

Preceded by Anne Holt	Norwegian Minister of Justice and the Police 1997	Succeeded by Aud Inger Aure
Preceded by Yngve Hågensen	Leader of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions 2001–2007	Succeeded by Roar Flåthen