Åshild Hauan (20 April 1941–1 December 2017) was a Norwegian

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for the Labour Party. She served as the County Governor of

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county from 1991 until 2007.

Personal life

She was born on 20 April 1941 in

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in southern

county in

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. Her parents were sawmill owner Paul Drevland (1914-1978) and homemaker Gunnvor Wester (1919-1979). She married Åsbjørn Hauan and had two children, and later three grandchildren. She died of

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on 1 December 2017 in the town of Bodø in

county,

Education and career

She held various positions on the

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Rana Municipality or is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Helgeland traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Mo i Rana, which houses the National Library of Norway. Other population centers in R ...

between 1975 and 1983. Hauan was a member of Nordland county council between 1979 and 1983. She served in the position of deputy representative in the

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during the term from 1977–1981. She was then elected as a full representative from

county in 1981, and she was re-elected in 1985 and again in 1989, serving until 1993. Hauan was President of the Odelsting from 1985–1989. During her third term in Parliament, she was named County Governor in 1991. Since she was still serving in the Parliament of Norway at that time, Davis Idin Pareli Johansen was named the acting governor. He served for her from 1991 until 1993 when she completed her term in Parliament and moved to Bodø to begin working as governor.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hauan, Aashild 1941 births 2017 deaths County governors of Nordland Labour Party (Norway) politicians Women members of the Storting 20th-century Norwegian women politicians Members of the Storting 1989–1993 Members of the Storting 1985–1989 Members of the Storting 1981–1985