Paul Reine (14 November 1932 – 9 October 2009) was a Norwegian forester, civil servant and politician for the

Conservative Party The Conservative Party is a name used by many political parties around the world. These political parties are generally right-wing though their exact ideologies can range from center-right to far-right. Political parties called The Conservative P ...

. He grew up on the farm Gisletveit in

Vegårshei Vegårshei is a municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sørlandet. The administrative center is the village of Myra. Other villages in Vegårshei include Mo and Ubergsmoen. The municipality is the 2 ...

. After graduation from the

Norwegian College of Agriculture The Norwegian University of Life Sciences ( no, Norges miljø- og biovitenskapelige universitet, NMBU) is a public university located in Ås, Norway. It is located at Ås in Viken, near Oslo, and at Adamstuen in Oslo and has around 5,200 stud ...

in 1960 he was a

research assistant A research assistant (RA) is a researcher employed, often on a temporary contract, by a university, a research institute or a privately held organization, for the purpose of assisting in academic or private research. Research assistants are not in ...

there until 1962, when he became municipal forest manager of Vegårshei and

Tvedestrand is municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sørlandet. The administrative center is the town of Tvedestrand. There are many villages in the municipality including Dypvåg, Fiane, Gjeving, Gødders ...

. He advanced to county forest manager in 1972, county forest director in 1978, and director of the Norwegian Agriculture Agency from 1993 through 1997. He also chaired the

Norwegian Forestry Society The Norwegian Forestry Society ( no, Det norske Skogselskap, often shortened to ''Skogselskapet'') is an interest organisation in Norway. It was established as ''Det norske Skogselskab'' in 1898, with Axel Heiberg as its first chairman. Its purp ...

from 1987 to 1990, having been a board member since 1984. He also chaired Skogbrukets Kursinstitutt and the insurance company Skogbrand. Reine served three terms as mayor of Vegårshei, and one term as a member of Aust-Agder

county council A county council is the elected administrative body governing an area known as a county. This term has slightly different meanings in different countries. Ireland The county councils created under British rule in 1899 continue to exist in Irel ...

. He served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Aust-Agder during the terms 1981–1985 and 1985–1989. In total he met during 3 days of parliamentary session. He was decorated with the King's Medal of Merit in gold.

References

1932 births 2009 deaths People from Vegårshei Norwegian College of Agriculture alumni Norwegian foresters Directors of government agencies of Norway Deputy members of the Storting Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Mayors of places in Aust-Agder {{Norway-politician-1930s-stub