Vera Lysklætt (born 29 January 1954 in Jøssund) is a Norwegian politician for the

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(V). She was elected to the

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from

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in 2005. She came in on a

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, in spite of low local support in the county with only 818 votes, or 2 percent. She was a member of the municipal council for

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from 1999 to 2003.

Parliamentary Committee duties

*2005 - 2009 member of the

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(Close race between Raymond and Vera) 1954 births Living people Liberal Party (Norway) politicians Women members of the Storting 21st-century Norwegian women politicians Members of the Storting 2005–2009 {{Norway-politician-1950s-stub