Terje Moe Gustavsen (20 October 1954 – 4 May 2019) was a

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politician for the Labour Party and a civil servant.

Biography

He was state secretary to the Prime Minister in 1997, and Minister of Transport and Communications 2000–2001 in the

first cabinet Stoltenberg Stoltenberg's First Cabinet governed Norway between 17 March 2000 and 19 October 2001. The Labour Party cabinet was led by Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg Jens Stoltenberg (born 16 March 1959) is a Norwegian politician who has been serving as ...

. Among others he became known for sacking the board of directors in the

Norwegian State Railways Vygruppen, branded as Vy, is a government-owned railway company which operates most passenger train services and many bus services in Norway. The company is owned by the Norwegian Ministry of Transport. Its sub-brands include Vy Buss coach se ...

in 2000. In 2007 he was appointed director of the

Norwegian Public Roads Administration The Norwegian Public Roads Administration ( no, Statens vegvesen) is a Norwegian government agency responsible for national and county public roads in Norway. This includes planning, construction and operation of the national and county road netw ...

. He died of a lung infection on 4 May 2019 at the age of 64.

References

1954 births 2019 deaths Norwegian state secretaries Ministers of Transport and Communications of Norway Labour Party (Norway) politicians Directors of government agencies of Norway Directorate of Public Roads people {{Europe-transport-stub