Thorhild Widvey

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Thorhild Widvey (born 9 January 1956 in Avaldsnes) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.

She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Rogaland in 1989, and was re-elected on one occasion. She had previously served as a deputy representative to the during the term 1985–1989.

From 2002 to 2003, during the second cabinet Bondevik, Widvey was appointed State Secretary of the Ministry of Fisheries. From 2003 to 2004 she held the same position in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 2004 she was appointed Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy, an office she left, along with the rest of the second cabinet Bondevik, after their 2005 election defeat.

On the local level Widvey was a member of Karmøy municipal council from 1979 to 1989, the last six years in the executive committee.

A physical therapist by education, she was deputy leader of the Norwegian Sporting Association of People with Disabilities 1985-1987. Widvey lives in Oslo, is married and has two children.

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Preceded by
Einar Steensnæs		 Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy
2004–2005		 Succeeded by
Odd Roger Enoksen
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Second Cabinet of Kjell Magne Bondevik – 19 October 2001 to 17 October 2005

Jan Petersen (H) • Erna Solberg (H) • Ingjerd Schou (H) 2001–2004 • Dagfinn Høybråten (Krf) • Lars Sponheim (V) • Per-Kristian Foss (H) • Odd Einar Dørum (V) • Valgerd Svarstad Haugland (Krf) 2005–2006 • Hilde Frafjord Johnson (Krf) seit 2006• Laila Dåvøy (Krf) • Kristin Clemet (H) • Svein Ludvigsen (H) • Ansgar Gabrielsen (H) • Torild Skogsholm (V) • Kristin Krohn Devold (H) • Børge Brende (H) • Victor D. Norman (H) 2001–2004 • Morten Andreas Meyer (H) 2004–2005 • Einar Steensnæs (Krf) • Thorhild Widvey (H) 2004–2005 • Knut Arild Hareide (Krf) 2004–2005

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