Turid Thomassen (born 19 April 1965) is a Norwegian politician who was party leader of the Norwegian

Red Red is the color at the long wavelength end of the visible spectrum of light, next to orange and opposite violet. It has a dominant wavelength of approximately 625–740 nanometres. It is a primary color in the RGB color model and a secondar ...

party from 2010 to 2012, succeeding Torstein Dahle. Born in

Stathelle Stathelle is a town in Norway in the municipality of Bamble in the county of Telemark, Norway. History Stathelle was a former municipality in Telemark. It was separated from Bamble as a municipality of its own in 1851. In 1964, the municipalities ...

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, Thomassen works in the administration offices of the Department for Television Education and Film Science at the Lillehammer University College, where she is also the highest

union representative A union representative, union steward, or shop steward is an employee of an organization or company who represents and defends the interests of their fellow employees as a labor union member and official. Rank-and-file members of the union hold ...

for the

Norwegian Civil Service Union The Norwegian Civil Service Union ( no, Norsk Tjenestemannslag, NTL) is a trade union representing civil servants in Norway. The union was founded on 1 November 1947 and affiliated to the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions The Norwegian C ...

. Since 1999, she has been a member of Lillehammer city council and at the Norwegian parliamentary election in 2009, she was her party's first candidate on the county ballot for

Oppland Oppland is a former county in Norway which existed from 1781 until its dissolution on 1 January 2020. The old Oppland county bordered the counties of Trøndelag, Møre og Romsdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Akershus, Oslo and Hedmark. The c ...

. Thomassen was elected as party leader of Red at the party's general assembly on 30 May 2010 after many years as member of Red Youth,

Red Electoral Alliance Red Electoral Alliance ( nb, Rød Valgallianse, nn, Raud Valallianse, RV) was an alliance of far-left groups formed into a Norwegian political party to promote revolutionary socialism ideals into the Norwegian parliament. The party dissolved itse ...

and the Workers' Communist Party. Hun ble etterfulgt av Bjørnar Moxnes som ny partileder 6. mai 2012.TV 2, 6. mai 2012
Bjørnar Moxnes (30) er Rødts nye leder
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Thomassen, Turid Living people 1965 births Red Party (Norway) politicians Norwegian trade unionists Norwegian women in politics Leaders of political parties in Norway People from Bamble People from Stathelle Academic staff of Lillehammer University College