Thore Westermoen (born 17 September 1949 in

Mandal A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...

) is a Norwegian politician for the

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. He is the son of

Toralf Westermoen Toralf Westermoen (July 5, 1914 – May 6, 1986) was a pioneer for the development of high speed craft in Norway. Westermoen was involved in the companies ''Båtservice Verft'', '' Westermoen Båtbyggeri og Mek. Verksted '', '' Westermoen Hydro ...

, who among other things is a former member of the national Parliament. Thore Westermoen himself served as a deputy representative to the

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from

Vest-Agder Vest-Agder (; "West Agder") was one of 18 counties (''fylker'') in Norway up until 1 January 2020, when it was merged with Aust-Agder to form Agder county. In 2016, there were 182,701 inhabitants, around 3.5% of the total population of Norway. I ...

during the terms 1989–1993, 1997–2001 and 2005–2009. Following the 1999 election, Westermoen became the new county mayor (''fylkesordfører''). He was re-elected in

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and

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. After the

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the local alliance he led was dissolved. He was offered the county mayor post if the Christian Democratics cooperated with Labour, but they rejected. Westermoen was relegated to deputy county mayor. From 1986 to 1989 he was a member of the board of

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, before advancing to deputy chairman of the board, a position he held from 1990 to 1993.

References

1949 births Living people People from Mandal, Norway Vest-Agder politicians Christian Democratic Party (Norway) politicians Deputy members of the Storting Chairmen of County Councils of Norway Norwegian State Railways (1883–1996) people {{Norway-politician-1940s-stub