Peter Jon Angelsen (born 6 February 1935) is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party (''SP''). Born in Vestvågøy,

Nordland Nordland (; smj, Nordlánnda, sma, Nordlaante, sme, Nordlánda, en, Northland) is a county in Norway in the Northern Norway region, the least populous of all 11 counties, bordering Troms og Finnmark in the north, Trøndelag in the south, N ...

, he represented the county in the

Storting 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 ...

for four periods, from 1981 to 1997. He served as Minister of Fisheries in the first government of Kjell Magne Bondevik, from 1997, as well as minister of Nordic cooperation from 1999 until he resigned on 21 January 2000, to be replaced by

Lars Peder Brekk Lars Peder Brekk (born 8 October 1955) is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party. He was private secretary to the Minister of Fisheries 1985-1986, and himself Minister of Fisheries in 2000. He was elected to parliament in 2005 and served as ...

. He was said to have resigned due to old age and wanting to let someone new take over.

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* 1935 births Living people Government ministers of Norway Fisheries ministers of Norway Members of the Storting Centre Party (Norway) politicians 20th-century Norwegian politicians People from Vestvågøy {{Norway-politician-1930s-stub