Andreas Zeier Cappelen (31 January 1915 – 2 September 2008) was a

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jurist and politician for the Labour Party. He was born in

Vang, Hedmark Vang is a former municipality in the old Hedmark county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1992 when it became part of Hamar Municipality. The administrative centre of the municipality was at Fredvang. This si ...

. He held a variety of positions in different Norwegian cabinets. He was Minister of Local Government Affairs in 1958–1963 in the

third cabinet Gerhardsen Gerhardsen's Third Cabinet was the cabinet of Norway from 22 January 1955 to 28 August 1963. The government was led by Prime Minister Einar Gerhardsen Einar Henry Gerhardsen (; 10 May 1897 – 19 September 1987) was a Norwegian politician from t ...

, Minister of Finance in 1963 and 1963–1965 only interrupted by the short-lived

cabinet Lyng The Lyng Cabinet governed Norway between 28 August 1963 and 25 September 1963. It was the first in 28 years not to be led by the Norwegian Labour Party. It was a centre-right coalition government of the Conservative Party, Centre Party, Chris ...

, Minister of Foreign Affairs in the

first cabinet Bratteli Bratteli's First Cabinet governed Norway between 17 March 1971 and 18 October 1972. The Labour Party cabinet was led by Trygve Bratteli. Bratteli governed his second cabinet between 1973 and 1976. On 8 May 1972 there was a cabinet reshuffle. T ...

in 1971–1972, and finally Minister of Justice 1979–1980 in the cabinet Nordli. As an elected politician he served in the position of deputy representative 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 bas ...

from Rogaland during the term 1961–1965. On the local level he was a member of Stavanger city council in the periods 1945–1947, 1951–1957, 1967–1971 and 1983–1987, serving as deputy mayor briefly in 1953. He was also a member of Rogaland county council from 1966 to 1969. He chaired the county party chapter from 1956 to 1957. Besides politics he worked as a lawyer and a judge, having graduated as cand.jur. in 1939. With his brothers he was a member of Mot Dag in the 1930s.

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