Thorhild Widvey (born 9 January 1956) is a

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politician for the

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who served as

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from 2013 to 2015, and

Minister of Petroleum and Energy The Minister of Petroleum and Energy ( no, Olje- og energiministeren) is a councilor of state and chief of the Norway's Ministry of Petroleum and Energy. The current minister is Terje Aasland. The ministry is responsible for the government's ene ...

from 2004 to 2005.

Political career

Local politics

On the local level Widvey was a member of

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municipal council from 1979 to 1989, the last six years in the executive committee.

Parliament

She was elected to the

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from Rogaland in 1989, and was re-elected on one occasion. She had previously served as a deputy representative to the during the term 1985–1989.

Bondevik cabinet

From 2002 to 2003, during 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 ...

, Widvey was appointed State Secretary of the Ministry of Fisheries. From 2003 to 2004 she held the same position in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 2004 she was appointed Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy, an office she left, along with the rest of the second cabinet Bondevik, after their 2005 election defeat.

Solberg cabinet

Personal life

She was born in Avaldsnes in

, Rogaland. A

physical therapist Physical therapy (PT), also known as physiotherapy, is one of the allied health professions. It is provided by physical therapists who promote, maintain, or restore health through physical examination, diagnosis, management, prognosis, patien ...

by education, she was deputy leader of the Norwegian Sporting Association of People with Disabilities 1985–1987. Widvey lives in Oslo, is married and has two children.

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* * 1956 births Living people People from Karmøy Members of the Storting Ministers of Culture of Norway Petroleum and energy ministers of Norway Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Rogaland politicians Norwegian state secretaries Women members of the Storting 20th-century Norwegian politicians 20th-century Norwegian women politicians Women government ministers of Norway Norwegian women state secretaries Norwegian physiotherapists {{Norway-politician-1950s-stub