Roger Ryberg

Roger Ryberg (born 16 April 1952 in Kirkenes) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He has held the position as county major since 2015; his second non-consecutive term.

Roger Ryberg
Ryberg in 2009

Following the 2007 election, Ryberg became the new county mayor (fylkesordfører) of Buskerud. Behind him was a coalition of the Labour Party, the Socialist Left Party, the Centre Party and the Liberal Party,[1] who kept the right-wing candidate Mette Lund Stake at bay with 22 versus 21 votes in the county council. Before being elected county mayor, Ryberg had been mayor of Hurum municipality.[2] He also served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Buskerud during the term 1989–1993.[3]

He resides at Filtvet.

References
  1. Hansen, Roy (20 September 2007). "Roger Ryberg ny fylkesordfører". Eikernytt (in Norwegian). Retrieved 5 February 2009.
  2. Kommandantvold, Maria (9 October 2007). "Roger Ryberg ny fylkesordfører" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 5 February 2009.
  3. "Roger Ryberg" (in Norwegian). Storting.
Political offices
Preceded by
Tor Ottar Karlsen		 County mayor of Buskerud
2007–2011		 Succeeded by
Morten Eriksrød
Preceded by
Morten Eriksrød		 County mayor of Buskerud
2015–present		 Incumbent


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.