Torstein Dahle

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Torstein Dahle (born February 20, 1947 in Oslo) is a Norwegian politician and economist. He works at the Bergen University College and represents Red in the city council of Bergen.

Since its foundation in 2007 Dahle has been leader of the Red, and was previously leader of Red's predecessor, Red Electoral Alliance. Dahle was a founding member of Red Electoral Alliance and Workers' Communist Party in 1973, but left the latter in 1997.

On July 23, 2007 he became subject to media attention when he said that the Taliban and other Afghan rebels had the full right of fighting the Norwegian soldiers of the International Security Assistance Force force stationed in Afghanistan.^[1] The attention occurred only days later with the death of that occurred when a Norwegian army officer in the Lowgar Province as a Norwegian military unit came under hostile fire.^[2]. He later commented that he did not support the death of Norwegian military personnel.

Dahle is openly gay.^[3]

[edit] References

• Encyclopedia Norvegica (in Norwegian)

1. ^ Full rett til å kjempe mot NATO-soldater (Norwegian)
2. ^ Styrkene måtte skyte seg ut - Erfaren norsk offiser drept i Afghanistan, vg.no (Norwegian)
3. ^ Dag og Tid article (Norwegian)

Political offices
Preceded by Aslak Sira Myhre	Leader of Red Electoral Alliance 2003–2007	Succeeded by position abolished
Preceded by position created	Leader of Red 2007 – present	Incumbent