Per Kleppe

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Per Kleppe (front) with Sigbjørn Johnsen

Per Andreas Hildte Kleppe (born 13 April 1923 in Oslo) is a Norwegian economist and politician for the Labour Party.

As an elected politician he served in the position of deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Oslo in during the term 1954–1957. On the local level he was a deputy member of Oslo city council from 1951 to 1955.

Kleppe graduated from the University of Oslo with the cand.oecon. degree in 1956. He was appointed State Secretary in the Ministry of Finance from 1957 to 1962. He was the Minister of Trade and Shipping in 1971–1972 during the first cabinet Bratteli, and later headed the Ministry of Finance from 1973 to 1979 during the second cabinet Bratteli and the cabinet Nordli. In 1979 he was replaced by Ulf Sand, but Kleppe returned in 1981 to head the Secretariat for Long-Term Planning (until 1981).

In 1981 he took over as general secretary of the European Free Trade Association, a position he held until 1988.

References

"Per Kleppe" (in Norwegian). Stortinget.no.

Political offices
Preceded by Otto Grieg Tidemand	Norwegian Minister of Trade and Shipping 1971–1972	Succeeded by Hallvard Eika
Preceded by Jon Ola Norbom	Norwegian Minister of Finance 1973–1979	Succeeded by Ulf Sand
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Charles Müller	General Secretary of the European Free Trade Association 1981–1988	Succeeded by Georg Reisch

Minister of Trade and Shipping (Norway)

Arne Sunde (1942–45)
Erik Brofoss (1947–54)
Oscar Torp (1954)
Nils Langhelle (1955)
Arne Skaug (1955–62)
Oscar Christian Gundersen (1962–63)
Kåre Willoch (1963)
Erik Himle (1963–64)
Trygve Lie (1964–65)
Kåre Willoch (1965–70)
Otto Grieg Tidemand (1970–71)
Per Kleppe (1971–72)
Hallvard Eika (1972–73)
Jens Evensen (1973–74)
Einar Magnussen (1974–76)
Hallvard Bakke (1976–79)
Reiulf Steen (1979–81)
Kari Gjesteby (1981)
Arne Skauge (1981–83)
Asbjørn Haugstvedt (1983–86)
Kurt Mosbakk (1986–88)
Jan Balstad (1988–89)
Kaci Kullmann Five (1989–90)
Eldrid Nordbø (1990–91)
Bjørn Tore Godal (1991–94)
Grete Knudsen (1994–96)

Minister of Finance (Norway)

1945–present

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Persondata
Name	Kleppe, Per Andreas
Alternative names
Short description	Norwegian politician
Date of birth	13 April 1923
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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