Oddny Ballo Aleksandersen (born 5 February 1942), is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. Born in Vadsø, she chaired the local party chapter in Vadsø from 1979 to 1982 and was a member of the executive committee of Vadsø

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from 1979 to 1983. Elected to the

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in 1983, she served as deputy county mayor for one term, and acting county mayor from May 1986 to April 1987, during the illness of county mayor

Helmer Mikkelsen Helmer Mikkelsen (26 September 1930 – 19 June 1989) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was born in Børselv, and was the mayor of Porsanger from 1967 to 1975. He was a member of Finnmark county council from 1975 to 1987. Duri ...

. On the national level, she served briefly as personal secretary (today known as political advisor) in the

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in 1981. She was later Minister of Government Administration and Labour from September 1992 to October 1993, in the third cabinet Brundtland. She was the third woman in a row to hold this position; the first man to be Minister of Government Administration was

Nils Olav Totland Nils Olav Totland (born 17 December 1935) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was Minister of Administration from October 1993 to October 1996, in the third cabinet Brundtland. On the local level, he was a member of Skedsmo muni ...

, who succeeded Aleksandersen in 1993.Ministry of Government Administration and Reform. Councillor of State 1990-present
- government.no Outside politics she took her education here and there, in Nesna,

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and

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, finally taking the

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degree in 1996. She has worked as a school teacher in Sør-Varanger and Vadsø from 1968 to 1972 and 1982 to 1984, as a secretary in the

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from 1972 to 1979, as a consultant in

Finnmark county municipality Finnmark County Municipality ( no, Finnmark fylkeskommune, sme, Finnmárkku fylkkagielda) was the regional governing administration for the old Finnmark county in Norway. It was dissolved on 31 December 2019 when Finnmark county was merged into ...

from 1980 to 1982 and in the administrative department of the University of Tromsø from 1990 to 2007. She has been a member of the board of the Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities from 1983 to 1987, the Norwegian Meteorological Institute from 1986 to 1990, Det Norske Luftfartselskap from 1987 to 1988, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate from 1989 to 1992, the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation in 1992 and the

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from 1996 to 2000.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Aleksandersen, Oddny 1942 births Living people Government ministers of Norway Labour Party (Norway) politicians Finnmark politicians Chairmen of County Councils of Norway People from Vadsø