Hans Gjeisar Kjæstad (born 2 January 1947, in

Porsgrunn is a city and municipality in Telemark in the county of Vestfold og Telemark in Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Grenland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Porsgrunn. The municipality of Porsgrunn was ...

) is a Norwegian politician for the

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. He served as a deputy representative in the

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from

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during the terms 1997–2001, 2001–2005 and 2005–2009. During the entire middle term he sat as a regular representative, replacing

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who was appointed to the

second cabinet Bondevik Bondevik's Second Cabinet governed Norway between 19 October 2001 and 17 October 2005. It was led by Kjell Magne Bondevik and consisted of the Conservative Party, the Christian Democratic Party and the Liberal Party The Liberal Party is any of ...

. Kjæstad was a deputy member of

municipality council from 1983 to 1995.

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kjaestad, Hans Gjeisar 1947 births Living people Politicians from Oslo Politicians from Porsgrunn Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting 21st-century Norwegian politicians