Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa

Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa (born 12 November 1948 in Fister) is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party.

Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa
Governor of Rogaland
In office
1 November 2013 – 21 June 2019
MonarchHarald V
Prime MinisterErna Solberg
Preceded byTora Aasland
Succeeded byBent Høie (elect)
Minister of Local Government
In office
21 September 2007 – 20 October 2009
Prime MinisterJens Stoltenberg
Preceded byÅslaug Haga
Succeeded byLiv Signe Navarsete
Minister of Transport and Communications
In office
20 October 2009 – 18 June 2012
Prime MinisterJens Stoltenberg
Preceded byLiv Signe Navarsete
Succeeded byMarit Arnstad
Minister of Social Affairs
In office
17 October 1997 – 17 March 2000
Prime MinisterKjell Magne Bondevik
Preceded byHill-Marta Solberg
Succeeded byGuri Ingebrigtsen
Personal details
Born (1948-11-12) 12 November 1948
Fister, Rogaland, Norway
NationalityNorwegian
Political partyCentre
Alma materKristiansand lærerskole
Stavanger lærerskole

Kleppa is educated as a teacher at Kristiansand Teacher Training College in 1970. She worked as a teacher from 1967 to 1992 and served as Governor of Rogaland County from 2013-2019.

Political career

She was the Minister of Social Affairs from 1997 to 2000 and was appointed Norwegian Minister of Local Government and Regional Development on 21 September 2007.

On 20 October 2009, she swapped departments and became Minister of Transport and Communications. Her political advisor is fellow Centre Party member Sigrid Brattabø Handegard.

She was elected to the Parliament of Norway for the first time in 1993, and has been reelected four times, lastly in 2009. From the 2005 elections until she was appointed to cabinet, she was the parliamentary leader for the Centre Party. She did not seek reelection in the 2013 Norwegian parliamentary election.[1]

References

"Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa" (in Norwegian). Storting.

  1. Kjetil Løset: Sp-topp trekker seg fra Stortinget (in Norwegian) TV2, June 25, 2012. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
Political offices
Preceded by
Liv Signe Navarsete		 Norwegian Minister of Transport and Communications
2009–2012		 Succeeded by
Marit Arnstad
Preceded by
Åslaug Haga		 Norwegian Minister of Local Government and Regional Development
2007–2009		 Succeeded by
Liv Signe Navarsete
Preceded by
Hill-Marta Solberg		 Norwegian Minister of Social Affairs
1997–2000		 Succeeded by
Guri Ingebrigtsen
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