Magne Lerheim (14 December 1929 – 13 March 1994) was a Norwegian politician for the

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and later the Liberal People's Party. From 1960 to 1962 he was the leader of the Young Liberals, the youth wing of the Liberal Party. During the short-lived

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in 1963, Lerheim was appointed State Secretary in the Ministry of Church Affairs and Education. During the

cabinet Borten Borten's Cabinet governed Norway between 12 October 1965 and 17 March 1971. The cabinet was led by Per Borten and consisted of the Conservative Party, the Centre Party, the Liberal Party and the Christian Democratic Party __NOTOC__ Christian ...

, Lerheim again became State Secretary, this time between 1966 and 1967 at the

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. He served as a deputy representative 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 ...

during the terms 1965–1969 and 1969–1973. During the second term, in December 1972, Lerheim joined the Liberal People's Party which split from the Liberal Party over disagreements of Norway's proposed entry to the European Economic Community. He later served in the position of deputy representative for the Liberal People's Party during the term 1973–1977. At the same time he became the new party leader of the Liberal People's Party, a position he held from 1973 to 1978.

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1929 births 1994 deaths Norwegian state secretaries Deputy members of the Storting Liberal Party (Norway) politicians Liberal People's Party (Norway, 1972) politicians 20th-century Norwegian politicians Hordaland politicians {{Norway-politician-1920s-stub