Dagfinn Sundsbø (born 11 December 1946) is a Norwegian politician for the
Centre Party.
He was born in
Lindås as a son of farmers.
[ He is the brother of politician ]Svein Sundsbø
Svein Sundsbø (born 3 July 1943 in Lindås) is a Norwegian businessman and politician for the Centre Party.
He was the general secretary of the Centre Party from 1976 to 1984. He worked as a political advisor in the Ministry of Agriculture in 1 ...
.
He worked in the Norwegian Agrarian Association
The Norwegian Agrarian Association ( no, Norges Bondelag) is the largest Norwegian interest organization for farmers.
It functions both as a labour union and as a trade union. It negotiates with the Norwegian Farmers and Smallholders Union
T ...
from 1980 to 2001 and was the general secretary of the Centre Party from 2001 to 2005. He has also been involved in Nei til EU. In local politics, Sundsbø was a member of Fet municipal council from 1987 to 1991, and of Akershus county council from 1991 to 2005.[
He served as a deputy representative to the ]Parliament of Norway
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 ...
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 terms 1993–1997, 1997–2001, 2001–2005 and 2005–2009. During the fourth term he met as a regular representative meanwhile Ã…slaug Haga was appointed to the Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet
Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet was the Government of Norway from 17 October 2005 to 16 October 2013. It was a coalition between the Labour Party, the Socialist Left Party and the Centre Party, known as the Red–Green Coalition. On 9 September ...
. Haga left the cabinet in June 2008, meaning that Sundsbø lost his parliament seat. He was not re-elected either in the 2009 general election. Instead Sundsbø was appointed State Secretary in the Ministry of Health and Care Services. He left office in September 2012, being relieved of the position following a cabinet reshuffle. He went on to become a political adviser for the Centre Party parliamentary group.[
He has been a deputy member in Norway's Contact Committee for Immigrants and the Authorities since 2006, and was a member of two committees that delivered the Norwegian Official Reports 2001:05 (leader of the committee) and 2000:22.][
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References
1946 births
Living people
People from Lindås
People from Fet
Centre Party (Norway) politicians
Members of the Storting
Akershus politicians
Norwegian state secretaries
21st-century Norwegian politicians
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