Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa

Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa
Minister of Transport and Communications
In office 20 October 2009 – 18 June 2012
Prime Minister	Jens Stoltenberg
Preceded by	Liv Signe Navarsete
Succeeded by	Marit Arnstad
Minister of Local Government and Regional Development
In office 21 September 2007 – 20 October 2009
Prime Minister	Jens Stoltenberg
Preceded by	Åslaug Haga
Succeeded by	Liv Signe Navarsete
Minister of Social Affairs
In office 17 October 1997 – 3 March 2000
Prime Minister	Kjell Magne Bondevik
Preceded by	Hill-Marta Solberg
Succeeded by	Guri Ingebrigtsen
Personal details
Born	12 November 1948 Fister, Norway
Nationality	Norwegian
Political party	Centre Party
Alma mater	Kristiansand lærerskole Stavanger lærerskole
Religion	Christianity[1]

Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa (born 12 November 1948 in Fister) is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party.

Kleppa is educated as a teacher at Kristiansand Teacher Training College in 1970. She worked as a teacher from 1967 to 1992.

Political career

She was the Minister of Social Affairs from 1997 to 2000 and was appointed Norwegian Minister of Local Government and Regional Development on 21 September 2007.

On 20 October 2009, she swapped departments and became Minister of Transport and Communications. Her political advisor is fellow Centre Party member Sigrid Brattabø Handegard.

She was elected to the Parliament of Norway for the first time in 1993, and has been reelected four times, lastly in 2009. From the 2005 elections until she was appointed to cabinet, she was the parliamentary leader for the Centre Party. She did not seek reelection in the Norwegian parliamentary election, 2013.^[2]

References

"Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa" (in Norwegian). Storting.

1. "Sørget for straff for religionskritikk" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. Retrieved 25 July 2010. (Norwegian)
2. Kjetil Løset: Sp-topp trekker seg fra Stortinget (in Norwegian) TV2, June 25, 2012. Retrieved December 9, 2012.