Kaare Meland (22 May 1915 – 31 December 2002) was a Norwegian politician for the

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. He was born in

Bergen Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula o ...

. He was elected to the

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from

Hordaland Hordaland () was a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark, and Rogaland counties. Hordaland was the third largest county, after Akershus and Oslo, by population. The county government was the Hordaland County Munici ...

in 1965, but was not re-elected in 1969. He had previously served in the position of deputy representative during the terms 1954–1957 and 1958–1961. From August to September 1963 he served as the Minister of Industry during the short-lived centre-right

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. Meland was a member of

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municipality council from 1945 to 1951, and later became mayor from 1956–1959. In 1955–1959 he was also a member of Hordaland county council. Outside politics he graduated from the

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in 1939 and became an authorized financial auditor in 1945. He was CEO of Bergens sparebank from 1964 to 1980.

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* 1915 births 2002 deaths Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting Government ministers of Norway Mayors of places in Hordaland Politicians from Bergen Norwegian School of Economics alumni 20th-century Norwegian politicians Ministers of Trade and Shipping of Norway {{Norway-politician-1910s-stub