Magnar Lussand (18 July 1945 – 24 September 2019) was a Norwegian school principal and politician for the Centre Party. He was born in Lussand, Ullensvang, and after graduating from teachers' college in 1971 he spent six years as a teacher in Kinsarvik. From 1977 he was an inspector and principal in the neighboring municipality of Granvin. Lussand was a member of Ullensvang

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from 1976 to 1977, Granvin municipal council from 1980 to 1991, and

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 Municipal ...

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from 1984. He served as the mayor of Granvin. In 1991 Lussand became county mayor (''fylkesordfører'') of

. He was succeeded by Gisle Handeland in 1999, who was the first Labour Party representative to hold this position. He served as a deputy representative to the

Parliament of Norway 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 ...

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during the term 1997–2001. In total he met during 38 days of parliamentary session. He died in 2019.

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1945 births 2019 deaths People from Ullensvang People from Granvin Heads of schools in Norway Mayors of places in Hordaland Centre Party (Norway) politicians Chairmen of County Councils of Norway Deputy members of the Storting {{Norway-politician-1940s-stub