Ola T. Heggem (born 13 May 1952) is a Norwegian farmer and politician for the Centre Party. He was born in

Rindal Rindal is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Orkdalen region. The administrative centre is the village of Rindal. Other villages in the municipality include Tiset and Romundstad. The municipality centres on agricul ...

as a son of farmers. After finishing commerce school in 1969, he attended Skjetlein Agricultural School from 1969 to 1971 and 1973 to 1974. After working in the municipality and the company Troll-Ski, he has been a farmer since 1980. On the local level, Heggem was a member of

municipal council A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, rural counc ...

from 1987 to 2005, serving as mayor since 1991. From 2003 to 2005 he was also a member of

Møre og Romsdal Møre og Romsdal (; en, Møre and Romsdal) is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway. It borders the counties of Trøndelag, Innlandet, and Vestland. The county administration is located in the town of Molde, while Ålesund is t ...

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. From 1999 to 2005 he was a member of the county board of agriculture. He chaired his local party chapter from 1998 to 2000, his county party chapter from 2000 to 2004, and was a central board member of the Centre Party from 2005 to 2007. He served as a deputy representative 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

during the term 2001–2005. He met during 123 days of the parliamentary session. From 2005 to September 2011 he was a State Secretary in the

Ministry of Agriculture and Food An agriculture ministry (also called an) agriculture department, agriculture board, agriculture council, or agriculture agency, or ministry of rural development) is a ministry charged with agriculture. The ministry is often headed by a minister ...

, as a part of Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet. He chaired Rindal IL from 1981 to 1985, and was a board member of the district skiing association from 1982 to 1991 as well as a working committee member of the

Norwegian Ski Federation The Norwegian Ski Federation ( no, Norges Skiforbund) is headquartered in Oslo, Norway and is the national representative of the International Ski Federation. Founded on 21 February 1908, it covers the skiing disciplines of alpine, cross-country ...

from 1993 to 1995. He has also been an election committee member of

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and control committee member of

Prior Prior (or prioress) is an ecclesiastical title for a superior in some religious orders. The word is derived from the Latin for "earlier" or "first". Its earlier generic usage referred to any monastic superior. In abbeys, a prior would be low ...

, both in central Norway.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Heggem, Ola 1952 births Living people People from Rindal Norwegian farmers Centre Party (Norway) politicians Mayors of places in Møre og Romsdal Deputy members of the Storting Norwegian state secretaries Norwegian sports executives and administrators