Jakob Aano (10 April 1920 – 10 February 2016) was a Norwegian politician for the

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. He was born in

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. He was elected to the

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from Rogaland in 1965, and was re-elected on four occasions. He was never involved in local politics, but was the first vice leader of the national party from 1983 to 1985. He graduated with the cand.philol. degree in 1948. He wrote for '' Vårt Land'' from 1945 to 1959, and was a reporter for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation from 1959 to 1963 meanwhile he was working as a school rector in

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. He was later hired by the

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. He was a member of the council of the Norwegian branch of the

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from 1983 to 1990, a member of the

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from 1989 to 1992, and a deputy member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee from 1991 to 1999.

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* 1920 births 2016 deaths Members of the Storting Christian Democratic Party (Norway) politicians Rogaland politicians Norwegian non-fiction writers 20th-century Norwegian politicians People from Sauda {{Norway-politician-1920s-stub