Erik Himle (10 April 1924 – 30 July 2008) was a

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civil servant and politician for the Labour Party. Himle graduated with the

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degree in 1948, and from the

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in 1957. He was never elected as a politician, but worked himself upwards as a civil servant in Norwegian government ministries. During the

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he became state secretary to the Minister of Defense 1958–1961 and to the Minister of Transport 1962–1963. In the

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he was appointed Minister of Trade and Shipping 1963–1964 and Minister of Transport 1964–1965. His last period as a state secretary was in the Office of the Prime Minister during the

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from 1971 to 1972. He continued as the permanent under-secretary of state in the Ministry of Defence 1967–1971 and 1973–1978 and in the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy 1978–1988.

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selected Erik Himle in 1966 to represent Norway. He was born in

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, and eventually settled in

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. He died there in 2008. He had three children with wife Else Winter.

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* 1924 births 2008 deaths Norwegian state secretaries Labour Party (Norway) politicians Norwegian civil servants Ministers of Transport and Communications of Norway Ministers of Trade and Shipping of Norway {{Norway-politician-1920s-stub