Anne Enger, formerly Anne Enger Lahnstein (born 9 December 1949), is a

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politician who served as County Governor of

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from 2004 until 2015, and Leader of the Centre Party from 1991 to 1999, with opposition to the

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. She was the front person of the successful "No to EU" campaign at the 1994 referendum. She was also the leader in the failed campaign against elective abortion in Norway in the late 1970s. She served as Minister of Culture 1997–2000; and for three weeks in 1998, she was Acting

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, during

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's sick leave.

References

Biography on Norwegian government's website
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