Tore Austad (born 8 April 1935) is a

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politician for the

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. Born in

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, Akershus, he received a cand. philol. degree in 1962, and worked as a professor of

at the

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from 1964 to 1966. Returning to Norway he worked at various academic institutions, before being elected to the Storting from the county of

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in 1977, where he sat for three periods, until 1989. On 14 October 1981, he was appointed Minister of Education and Church Affairs in the new

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of Kåre Willoch. On 8 June 1983, the Conservative Party joined in a coalition with the

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and the Centre Party, in order to form a majority government. Austad had to resign, and his position was taken over by

Kjell Magne Bondevik Kjell Magne Bondevik (; born 3 September 1947) is a Norwegian Lutheran minister and politician. As leader of the Christian Democratic Party, he served as the 33rd prime minister of Norway from 1997 to 2000, and from 2001 to 2005, making him, af ...

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* * 1935 births Living people Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Government ministers of Norway Members of the Storting University of Chicago faculty People from Skedsmo 20th-century Norwegian politicians Ministers of Education of Norway {{Norway-politician-1930s-stub