Einar Joachim Wøhni (7 May 1920, in

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– 14 February 1987) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from

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in 1961, but was not re-elected in 1965. He was the Minister of Agriculture from April 1960 to August 1963 during the

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. During the period he was replaced in the Norwegian Parliament by

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. On the local level he was a member of

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municipality council from 1955 to 1959.

References

* 1920 births 1987 deaths People from Lebesby Ministers of Agriculture and Food of Norway Members of the Storting Labour Party (Norway) politicians Troms politicians 20th-century Norwegian politicians {{Norway-politician-1920s-stub