Olav Gunnar Ballo (born 22 October 1956) is a Norwegian former politician for the Socialist Left Party (SV). Ballo changed party to

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in 2011. Ballo was elected to the

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from

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in 1997. He studied medicine at

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, and has worked as a medical doctor. Ballo represented SV in Alta municipality council from 1991 to 1997. Ballo was the leader of the National Forensics Institute ("Rettsmedisinsk institutt") in Norway between 2009 and 2010/2011. Ballo lost his daughter

Kaja Bordevich Ballo Kaja Bordevich Ballo (1988 – March 28, 2008) was a Norwegian university student who took her own life in Nice, France, on March 28, 2008, shortly after taking an Oxford Capacity Analysis (OCA), a personality test administered by the Church ...

in 2008. She committed suicide on 28 March 2008. This happened some hours after she had taken a

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. The news made the front page of Norway's biggest newspapers, such as ''

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'' and ''

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''. Ballo divorced his first wife of 15 years in 1998. In 1999 he met, and later married,

Heidi Sørensen Heidi Sørensen (born 14 February 1970) is a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party. With a Danish father, Sørensen held Danish citizenship in her early life. She was born in Levanger, and studied for a cand.mag. degree between 198 ...

, a politician for the Socialist Left.

Parliamentary Presidium duties

* 2005 – 2009 Vice President of the

Odelsting 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 base ...

. * 1997 – 2001 Vice Secretary of the Odelsting.

Parliamentary Committee duties

* 2005 – 2009 member of the

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. * 2001 – 2005 member of the

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. * 1997 – 2001 member of the Standing Committee on Labour and Social Affairs.

Works

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References

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* 1956 births Living people People from Alta, Norway Socialist Left Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting 21st-century Norwegian politicians 20th-century Norwegian politicians {{Norway-politician-1950s-stub