Marit Arnstad

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Marit Arnstad (born May 4, 1962 in Stjørdal) is a Norwegian lawyer and politician.

She held various jobs and offices before entering politics on a national level in 1993. That year, she was elected to in the Storting and sat as a representative for the Centre Party from 1993 to 1997. Following the 1997 election, she took seat in Kjell Magne Bondevik's first Cabinet as Minister of Petroleum and Energy from October 17, 1997 to March 17, 2000, when the government resigned over the issue of gas power stations. In 2001 she was once again elected to the Storting, where she sat until 2005. After the Norwegian parliamentary election of 2005, she was mentioned by many as a possible Minister, should there be a new government involving the Centre Party. Indeed the Centre Party came to power in coalition with Labour and the Socialist Left, but Arnstad did not become member of the current government.