Håkon Randal (9 July 1930 in

Gulen is a municipality in the southwestern part of Vestland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Sogn. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Eivindvik. Other villages in Gulen include Brekke, Byrkne ...

– 22 July 2012) was a Norwegian politician for the

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. He was elected to the

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from

Hordaland Hordaland () was a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark, and Rogaland counties. Hordaland was the third largest county, after Akershus and Oslo, by population. The county government was the Hordaland County Munici ...

in 1973, and was re-elected on two occasions. From February to June 1982 he was Vice

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. He chaired the local party chapter in

Bømlo Bømlo is a municipality in the southwestern part of Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sunnhordland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Svortland. Other villages in Bømlo includ ...

from 1967 to 1971 and the county chapter from 1977 to 1979. Between 1977 and 1984 he was a member of the central party board; from 1980 he was also deputy party leader. His career in politics ended with the post of County Governor of Hordaland, which he held from 1984 to 1998. Outside politics he worked in teaching, both in schools in

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and Bremnes but also the

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. He presided the Norges forsvarsforening from 2001 to 2005.

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* 1930 births 2012 deaths Members of the Storting Hordaland politicians Conservative Party (Norway) politicians County governors of Norway 20th-century Norwegian politicians People from Gulen {{Norway-politician-1930s-stub