Gunn Marit Helgesen

Gunn Marit Helgesen (born 30 October 1958) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.

Helgesen served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway during the terms 1993–1997, 1997–2001, 2001–2005, 2005–2009 and 2009–2013. In total she met during 68 days of parliamentary session.[1] From 1995 to 2003 she was deputy county mayor of Telemark, and from 2003 she was county mayor.[2] After the Norwegian local elections, 2011 the local centre-right alliance was dissolved, and Terje Riis-Johansen became county mayor of a new centre-left coalition.[3] She succeeded Halvdan Skard in December 2013 as chair of the Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities.[4]

She is also president of the North Sea Commission.[2] and a board member of Kommunal Landspensjonskasse.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Gunn Marit Helgesen" (in Norwegian). Stortinget.no.
  2. 1 2 "50 år 30. oktober: Fylkesordfører Gunn Marit Helgesen" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 28 October 2008.
  3. ↑ Holmquist, Tone (22 September 2011). "Høyre vinner fylkesduellen". Kommunal Rapport (in Norwegian). p. 10.
  4. ↑ Aspen, Janne Grete (3 December 2013). "Gunn Marit Helgesen (Høgre) ny leiar i KS". Nationen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  5. ↑ "Konsernstyret i KLP" (in Norwegian). KLP. 2 June 2010. Retrieved 21 November 2010.
Political offices
Preceded by
Andreas Kjær		 County mayor of Telemark
2003–2011 		Succeeded by
Terje Riis-Johansen
Civic offices
Preceded by
Halvdan Skard		 Chair of the Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities
2013–present 		Incumbent


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