Anders Bjørnsen Werp (born 16 December 1961) is a

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politician of the

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. He was

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from 1999 until he was elected to the Stortinget from

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in 2009. He was also deputy representative in the Stortinget from

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until 2005. Werp had formerly worked as an economic consultant and local political advisor for Norges Skogeierforbund. He was the leader of Buskerud Høyre from 1998 to 2008, and sat on Høyre's central board during the same period. He was reelected to the Storting for the period 2013–2017.

Committees

- WERP *2009–2013 member of Justice committee

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Anders B. Werp
at Stortinget Mayors of places in Buskerud 1961 births Living people Members of the Storting Conservative Party (Norway) politicians 21st-century Norwegian politicians {{Norway-mayor-stub