Håkon Rege (born 30 September 1955) is a Norwegian politician for the

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and

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parties. Rege was originally a member of the Progress Party, and became the party's first mayor in 1988, of the municipality

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, holding the position until 1989. In 1995, he however had "had enough of the party", and resigned and went over to the Conservative Party. He was again elected mayor of Sola from 1999 until 2011, having been re-elected in

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and

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. He announced in 2010 that he didn't want to seek re-election at the 2011 local elections. He was succeeded by his nephew, Ole Ueland, also from the Conservative Party.

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1955 births Living people People from Sola, Norway Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Progress Party (Norway) politicians Mayors of places in Rogaland {{Norway-politician-1950s-stub