Dag Terje Andersen

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Dag Terje Andersen
Dag Terje Andersen

Dag Terje Andersen (born May 27, 1957 in Frogn, Akershus) is a Norwegian politician for the Norwegian Labour Party, in addition to professional politics he has been working at a steel mill and as a lumberjack something that has given him a reputation for representing the average guy in politics.

He was elected into the Norwegian parliament (Storting) as a representative from Vestfold in 1997, and re-elected in the 2005 elections.

He was also the mayor of Lardal from 1987 to 1992. He was at first a political advisor at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs before he became Secretary of State at the Ministry of Social Affairs in 1992. He was a party secretary for the Norwegian Labour Party from 1992 until 1996.

In 1996 he became Minister of Agriculture, though he remained a minister for only slightly less than a year. Andersen became Norwegian Minister of Trade and Industry on September 29, 2006, when Odd Eriksen resigned.

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NAME Andersen, Dag Terje
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Norwegian politician
DATE OF BIRTH May 27, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Frogn, Norway
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH