Dagfinn Høybråten
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Dagfinn Høybråten (born December 2, 1957), is a Norwegian politician, representing the Christian Democratic Party (KrF). He has a political degree (cand.polit) from the University of Oslo in 1984.
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[edit] Political career
Høybråten led the Ministry of Health and Care Services from 1997 to 2000 and again from 2001 to 2004. Following a 2004 Government reshuffle, Høybråten was transferred to lead the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. In 2004, he also assumed the leadership of KrF.
As Minister of Health, Høybråten was noted for his campaign against tobacco smoking at all public indoor places. It resulted in the adoption by the Norwegian Parliament of law banning smoking inside public places such as restaurants, cafés and hotels. (It is still permitted to smoke in hotel rooms). Ireland and California (U.S.) had adopted similar laws. Sweden imposed a similar law in 2005. Throughout 2004, he was accused in the social-political media as Dagbladet, of being a "mørkemann" (lit, "dark man"), meaning a Christian with a hidden fundamentalist agenda.
Losing by a margin of 180 votes to win a seat in the 1989 General Election, Høybråten did not hold a seat in the Norwegian Parliament until elected in 2005. Ahead of the 2005 election, Høybråten was nominated from Rogaland instead of his home county of Akershus, where he is a prominent inhabitant in the village of Fjellstrand. This was in order to avoid a nomination battle with the former party leader Valgerd Svarstad Haugland.
In 2007 Høybråten serves as the president of the Nordic Council.
[edit] Personal life
He is married and has four children.
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| Preceded by Idar Mange Holme |
Chairman of the Youth of the Christian People's Party 1979–1982 |
Succeeded by Reidar Andestad |
| Preceded by Valgerd Svarstad Haugland |
Leader of the Christian Democratic Party 2004 – present |
Incumbent |
| Preceded by Gudmund Hernes |
Norwegian Minister of Health and Social Affairs 1997–2000 |
Succeeded by Tore Tønne |
| Preceded by Tore Tønne |
Norwegian Minister of Health 2001–2004 |
Succeeded by Ansgar Gabrielsen |
| Preceded by position created |
Norwegian Minister of Labour and Social Affairs 2004–2005 |
Succeeded by Bjarne Håkon Hanssen |
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