Stein Reegård (born 22 March 1951) is a Norwegian economist and politician for the
Labour Party. He is the head of economics in the
Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions since 1993.
He graduated from the
University of Oslo in 1978 with the
cand.oecon.
Candidatus oeconomices (male) or Candidata oeconomices (female), often abbreviated cand.oecon. is an academic degree in economics at Education in Denmark, Danish, Háskóli Íslands, Icelandic and Higher education in Norway, Norwegian universities ...
degree. From 1976 to 1978 he worked as a consultant in the
Ministry of Finance; from 1977 to 1980 he also chaired the
Norwegian Basketball Association.
He then became involved in politics, chairing the Labour Party local chapter in
Bærum from 1980 to 1983. He served as
state secretary in the
Ministry of Consumer Affairs and Administration from 1986 to 1989, in the
second cabinet Brundtland
Brundtland's Second Cabinet was a minority, Labour Government of Norway. It succeeded the Conservative Willoch's Second Cabinet, and sat between 9 May 1986 and 16 October 1989. It was replaced by the Conservative/Centre/Christian Democrat cabi ...
, and in the
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Notable examples are:
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from 1990 to 1991 in the
third cabinet Brundtland.
He was then hired in the
Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions as leader of the political department. He was appointed head of the economic department in 1993.
He served as a deputy representative to the
Norwegian Parliament from
Akershus
Akershus () is a traditional region and current electoral district in Norway, with Oslo as its main city and traditional capital. It is named after the Akershus Fortress in Oslo. From the middle ages to 1919, Akershus was a fief and main county ...
during the term 2005–2009.
References
1951 births
Living people
Norwegian economists
Norwegian trade unionists
Norwegian state secretaries
Labour Party (Norway) politicians
Bærum politicians
Deputy members of the Storting
University of Oslo alumni
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