Lars Haltbrekken (born 9 March 1971) is a

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and was elected to the

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in 2017 for the Socialist Left Party. He was chairman of Friends of the Earth Norway from 2005 to 2016 after having been deputy chairman from 2003 to 2005. Haltbrekken was also chairman of Natur og Ungdom in 1995 and 1996. In between the two leaderships he worked primarily trying to prevent

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s in Norway, and was chairman of Fellesaksjonen mot gasskraftverk. He grew up in

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Politics

Parliament

Haltbrekken was elected to the Storting in 2017 and was re-elected in 2021.

Party politics

In February 2023, ahead of the party convention, the Socialist Party committee was divided on whether or not to designate Haltbrekken or Marian Hussein to become deputy leader succeeding

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who was the sole candidate to succeed outgoing leader

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. Despite being considered the favourite to become deputy leader, he lost against Hussein with 101 to 114 votes.

References

1971 births Living people Norwegian environmentalists Nature and Youth activists {{environmentalist-stub