Else-May Botten (born 16 August 1973, in

Halsa Halsa is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until 2020 when it became part of Heim Municipality in Trondelag county. It was part of the Nordmøre region. The administrative centre of Hal ...

) is a

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politician for the

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. She was elected to the

Storting 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 bas ...

from

Møre og Romsdal Møre og Romsdal (; en, Møre and Romsdal) is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway. It borders the counties of Trøndelag, Innlandet, and Vestland. The county administration is located in the town of Molde, while Ålesund is the ...

county in

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. She was deputy representative

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–2009. In 2009, she was Møre og Romsdal Labour Party's 1st candidate to the Storting, and was elected as a representative. She was re-elected in 2013 and 2017. Accessed on 25 March 2019. Botten has a background as secretary of the

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in the county since 1995. She was a member of the county council in

from 2003 to 2007. Botten grew up in

Nordmøre Nordmøre (English: North- Møre) is a traditional district in the Norwegian county of Møre og Romsdal. The area comprises the northern third of the county including the municipalities of Kristiansund, Averøy, Tingvoll, Surnadal, Aure, Halsa, ...

, and now lives in

Molde Molde () is a town and municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Romsdal. It is located on the Romsdal Peninsula, surrounding the Fannefjord and Moldefjord. The administrative centre of the m ...

Romsdal Romsdal is a traditional district in the Norwegian county Møre og Romsdal, located between Nordmøre and Sunnmøre. The district of Romsdal comprises Aukra, Fræna, Midsund, Molde, Nesset, Rauma, Sandøy, and Vestnes. It is named after the val ...

. On 26 October 2018, Botten was appointed by the

to be the new County Governor () of

county. Since she is currently a member of the

until 2021, she will not take office until her Parliamentary term is up in October 2021. From 2019 until 2021,

Rigmor Brøste Rigmor Brøste (born 1965) is a Norwegian politician and civil servant. She is serving as the acting County Governor of Møre og Romsdal county from 2019 up to when Else-May Botten will take over as the official governor of the county. Brøste ...

was appointed as the temporary acting governor.

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