Akhtar Chaudhry

Akhtar Chaudhry
4th Vice President of the Norwegian Parliament
Assumed office
8 October 2009
Member of Parliament
for Oslo
In office
2001 – incumbent
Personal details
Born Haque Nawaz Akhtar Chaudhry
(1961-07-23) 23 July 1961
Lahore, Pakistan
Nationality Pakistani Norwegian
Political party Socialist Left Party
Residence Oslo, Norway
Occupation Politician

Haque Nawaz Akhtar Chaudhry (born 23 July 1961) is a Pakistani-Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party and 4th Vice President (deputy speaker) of the Norwegian parliament. Chaudhry came to Norway from Pakistan in 1982.[1]

He served in the position of deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Oslo during the terms 2001–2005 and 2005–2009. Halfway into the latter term, in 2007, he moved up as a regular representative as Heidi Sørensen (who in turn filled in for Kristin Halvorsen) was appointed State Secretary. He has been a member of Parliament since then. When Heidi Sørensen returned to Parliament in 2012, Heikki Holmås joined the cabinet, so from then Chaudry replaced him in Parliament.

On 4 December 2012 Akthar Chaudry lost a nomination election in Oslo SV for the top spot on the party´s ballot in the Norwegian parliamentary election of 2013. He was not interested in spots further down the ballot and will not be reelected to the parliament in 2013.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Stokke, Olga; Nina Berglund (12 December 2006). "Top 10 immigrants named". Aftenposten. Retrieved 24 October 2007.
  2. ↑ Martin Herman Wiedswang Zondag: Holmås vant SV-thrilleren NRK, 4 December 2012

  1. "Akhtar Chaudhry" (in Norwegian). Storting.



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