Dagfinn Sundsbø (born 11 December 1946) is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party. He was born in

Lindås Lindås is a former municipality in the Nordhordland district in the old Hordaland county, Norway. It existed from 1838 until its dissolution on 1 January 2020 when it was merged into the new Alver Municipality. The administrative centre of th ...

as a son of farmers. He is the brother of politician Svein Sundsbø. He worked in the

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from 1980 to 2001 and was the general secretary of the Centre Party from 2001 to 2005. He has also been involved in

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. In local politics, Sundsbø was a member of

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from 1987 to 1991, and of Akershus

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from 1991 to 2005. He served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Akershus during the terms 1993–1997, 1997–2001, 2001–2005 and 2005–2009. During the fourth term he met as a regular representative meanwhile

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was appointed to the Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet. Haga left the cabinet in June 2008, meaning that Sundsbø lost his parliament seat. He was not re-elected either in the 2009 general election. Instead Sundsbø was appointed State Secretary in the

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. He left office in September 2012, being relieved of the position following a cabinet reshuffle. He went on to become a political adviser for the Centre Party parliamentary group. He has been a deputy member in Norway's Contact Committee for Immigrants and the Authorities since 2006, and was a member of two committees that delivered the

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s 2001:05 (leader of the committee) and 2000:22.

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1946 births Living people People from Lindås People from Fet Centre Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting Akershus politicians Norwegian state secretaries 21st-century Norwegian politicians {{Norway-politician-1940s-stub