Anders Bjørnsen Werp (born 16 December 1961) is a Norwegian politician of the

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. He was

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of Øvre Eiker from 1999 until he was elected to the

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from Buskerud in

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. He was also deputy representative in the

from

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until

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. Werp had formerly worked as an economic consultant and local political advisor for

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. He was the leader of

Buskerud Høyre Buskerud () is a former county and a current electoral district in Norway, bordering Akershus, Oslo, Oppland, Sogn og Fjordane, Hordaland, Telemark and Vestfold. The region extends from the Oslofjord and Drammensfjorden in the southeast to Har ...

from 1998 to 2008, and sat on Høyre's central board during the same period. He was reelected to the Storting for the period 2013–2017.

Committees

- WERP *2009–2013 member of Justice committee

References

External links

Anders B. Werp
at Stortinget Mayors of places in Buskerud 1961 births Living people Members of the Storting Conservative Party (Norway) politicians 21st-century Norwegian politicians {{Norway-mayor-stub