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Anne Marit Bjørnflaten (born 18 June 1969 in
Harstad
( se, Hárstták) is the second-most populated municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is mostly located on the large island of Hinnøya. The municipal center is the Harstad (town), town of Harstad, the most populous town in Centra ...
) is a Norwegian politician for the
Labour Party.
Between 2000 and 2001, during
Stoltenberg's first cabinet
Stoltenberg's First Cabinet governed Norway between 17 March 2000 and 19 October 2001. The Labour Party cabinet was led by Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg
Jens Stoltenberg (born 16 March 1959) is a Norwegian politician who has been serving as ...
, Bjørnflaten was appointed political advisor in the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs In many countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the government department responsible for the state's diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral relations affairs as well as for providing support for a country's citizens who are abroad. The entit ...
. She was elected to the
Norwegian Parliament
The Storting ( no, Stortinget ) (lit. the Great Thing) is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The unicameral parliament has 169 members and is elected every four years base ...
from
Troms
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in 2005. She is the leader of the justice committee in the
Norwegian Parliament
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. She will not seek reelection to the parliament in
2013
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.
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Sp-topp trekker seg fra Stortinget
(in Norwegian) TV2, June 25, 2012. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
On the local level, Bjørnflaten was a member of the executive committee of
Tromsø
Tromsø (, , ; se, Romsa ; fkv, Tromssa; sv, Tromsö) is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Tromsø (city), city of Tromsø.
Tromsø lies ...
municipality council from 2003 to 2005. From 1991 to 1995 she was a member of Troms county council. She was a member of the Labour Party central board from 2002 to 2005.
References
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1969 births
Living people
Members of the Storting
People from Harstad
Politicians from Tromsø
Labour Party (Norway) politicians
University of Tromsø alumni
University of Bergen alumni
University of Oslo alumni
Women members of the Storting
21st-century Norwegian politicians
21st-century Norwegian women politicians
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