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Vera Lysklætt (born 29 January 1954 in
Jøssund) is a Norwegian politician for the
Liberal Party
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(V). She was elected to the
Norwegian Parliament
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 ...
from
Finnmark
Finnmark (; se, Finnmárku ; fkv, Finmarku; fi, Ruija ; russian: Финнмарк) was a county in the northern part of Norway, and it is scheduled to become a county again in 2024.
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in 2005. She came in on a
leveling seat
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, in spite of low local support in the county with only 818 votes, or 2 percent.
She was a member of
Karasjok
( se, Kárášjohka ; fkv, Kaarasjoki) is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Karasjok. Other villages include Dorvonjárga, Šuoššjávri, and Váljohka.
The ...
municipal council from 1999 to 2003.
Parliamentary Committee duties
*2005 - 2009 member of the
.
External links
Stortinget.no - Bio(Close race between Raymond and Vera, article in Norwegian)
1954 births
Living people
Liberal Party (Norway) politicians
Women members of the Storting
Members of the Storting
21st-century Norwegian politicians
21st-century Norwegian women politicians
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