Kåre Simensen (born 30 August 1955) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was born in

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and finished secondary school here in 1978. Between lower secondary school and upper secondary school he worked in the

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industry. He then worked with IT. He took education as an IT engineer at Gjøvik Engineer's College from 1979 to 1982 and has a degree in economics from

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in 1990. He was a member of the

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from 1995 to 2007, serving the last term as deputy mayor. From 2007 to 2009 he was a member of the executive in Finnmark

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, and was also a board member of the Northern Norway Regional Health Authority. He was elected to the

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as the party's second candidate from Finnmark.

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1955 births Living people People from Alta, Norway Finnmark politicians Labour Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting 2009–2013 Members of the Storting 2013–2017 {{norway-politician-1950s-stub