Laila Dåvøy (born 11 August 1948, in

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) is a Norwegian nurse and politician for the

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. She is a former member of the Norwegian parliament and a former Minister and leader of the Norwegian Nurses' Union.

Career

Dåvøy was a member of the executive committee of

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municipal council from 1983 to 1987. From 1987 to 1991 she was a deputy member of Hordaland county council. From 1989 to 1990, during the

cabinet Syse Syse's Cabinet was a minority centre-right Conservative, Centre, Christian Democrat Government of Norway. It succeeded the Labour Second cabinet Brundtland after the 1989 election, and sat between 16 October 1989 and 3 November 1990. It was rep ...

, Dåvøy was appointed personal secretary (today known as political advisor) in the Ministry of Culture and Church Affairs. From August to November 1990 she was State Secretary in the same ministry. A nurse by education, Davøy was the leader of the Norwegian Nurses' Union 1992 - 1998. In 1999 she was appointed Norwegian Minister of Labour and Administration in the

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, an office she left when the cabinet fell in 2000. From 2001 to 2005, when 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 ...

held office, Dåvøy was Norwegian Minister of Children and Family Affairs. She was elected to the

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from

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in 2005 and re-elected in 2009. She did not seek reelection to the parliament in

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(in Norwegian) TV2, June 25, 2012. Retrieved December 9, 2012.

Personal life

Dåvøy lives in

, is married and has three children.

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Davoy, Laila 1948 births Living people Members of the Storting Government ministers of Norway Ministers of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion of Norway Christian Democratic Party (Norway) politicians Norwegian Christians Hordaland politicians Norwegian state secretaries University of Bergen alumni Women government ministers of Norway People from Askøy 21st-century Norwegian politicians 21st-century Norwegian women politicians Women members of the Storting Norwegian women state secretaries