Andreas Zeier Cappelen

Andreas Zeier Cappelen
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
17 March 1971  18 October 1972
Prime Minister Trygve Bratteli
Preceded by Svenn Stray
Succeeded by Dagfinn Vårvik
Minister of Finance
In office
25 September 1963  12 October 1965
Prime Minister Einar Gerhardsen
Preceded by Dagfinn Vårvik
Succeeded by Ole Myrvoll
In office
4 February 1963  28 August 1963
Prime Minister Einar Gerhardsen
Preceded by Petter Jakob Bjerve
Succeeded by Dagfinn Vårvik
Minister of Justice
In office
8 October 1979  3 October 1980
Prime Minister Odvar Nordli
Preceded by Inger Louise Valle
Succeeded by Oddvar Berrefjord
Minister of Local Government
In office
1 September 1958  4 February 1963
Prime Minister Einar Gerhardsen
Preceded by Ulrik Olsen
Succeeded by Oskar Skogly
Personal details
Born Andreas Zeier Cappelen
(1915-01-31)31 January 1915
Vang, Hedmark, Norway
Died 2 September 2008(2008-09-02) (aged 93)
Stavanger, Norway
Nationality Norwegian
Political party Labour Party
Occupation Jurist and politician

Andreas Zeier Cappelen (31 January 1915 – 2 September 2008) was a Norwegian jurist and politician for the Labour Party. He was born in Vang, Hedmark.

He held a variety of positions in different Norwegian cabinets. He was Minister of Local Government Affairs in 1958–1963 in the third cabinet Gerhardsen, Minister of Finance in 1963 and 1963–1965 only interrupted by the short-lived cabinet Lyng, Minister of Foreign Affairs in the first cabinet Bratteli in 1971–1972, and finally Minister of Justice 1979–1980 in the cabinet Nordli.[1]

As an elected politician he served in the position of deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Rogaland during the term 1961–1965. On the local level he was a member of Stavanger city council in the periods 1945–1947, 1951–1957, 19671971 and 1983–1987, serving as deputy mayor briefly in 1953. He was also a member of Rogaland county council from 1966 to 1969. He chaired the county party chapter from 1956 to 1957.

Besides politics he worked as a lawyer and a judge, having graduated as cand.jur. in 1939.

With his brothers he was a member of Mot Dag in the 1930s.[2]

References

  1. "Andreas Zeier Cappelen" (in Norwegian). Storting.
  2. Bull, Trygve (1987). Mot Dag og Erling Falk (in Norwegian) (4th ed.). Oslo: Cappelen. p. 213.
Political offices
Preceded by
Johan Ulrik Olsen
Norwegian Minister of Local Government
1958–1963
Succeeded by
Oskar Skogly
Preceded by
Petter Jacob Bjerve
Norwegian Minister of Finance and Customs
1963
Succeeded by
Dagfinn Vårvik
Preceded by
Dagfinn Vårvik
Norwegian Minister of Finance and Customs
1963–1965
Succeeded by
Ole Myrvoll
Preceded by
Svenn Stray
Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1971–1972
Succeeded by
Dagfinn Vårvik
Preceded by
Inger Louise Valle
Norwegian Minister of Justice and the Police
1979–1980
Succeeded by
Oddvar Berrefjord
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