Johanne Gaup (born 23 October 1950, in Tromsø) is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party. She was elected to the

Parliament of Norway 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 Finnmark county in 1993, but was not re-elected in 1997. In 1994, she became the first politician to speak one of the

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from the Parliament chair. From 1997 to 2000, during Bondevik's First Cabinet, she was appointed State Secretary in the

Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development ( no, Kommunal- og regionaldepartementet) is a Norwegian ministry established in 1948. It is responsible for the housing and building, regional and rural policy, municipal and ...

. On the local level, she was a member of Finnmark county council from 1987 to 1991, and deputy mayor of

Karasjok Municipality ( se, Kárášjohka ; fkv, Kaarasjoki) is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Karasjok. Other villages include Dorvonjárga, Šuoššjávri, and Váljohka. Th ...

from 2003 to 2007. She chaired Finnmark Centre Party from 1987 to 1991. From 1998 to 2000 she chaired the Centre Party Women's Association (''Senterkvinnene''), during which period she was also a member of the central party board.

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