Øystein Kåre Djupedal (born 5 May 1960) is a Norwegian politician.

Øystein Djupedal
Djupedal in 2006.
County Governor of Aust-Agder
In office
1 October 2009 – 31 December 2015
MonarchHarald V
Prime MinisterJens Stoltenberg
Erna Solberg
Preceded bySvein Åril
Succeeded byStein A. Ytterdahl
Minister of Education and Research
In office
17 October 2005 – 18 October 2007
Prime MinisterJens Stoltenberg
Preceded byKristin Clemet
Succeeded byBård Vegar Solhjell
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
In office
1 October 1993 – 30 September 2009
ConstituencySør-Trøndelag
Personal details
Born
Øystein Kåre Djupedal

(1960-05-05) 5 May 1960 (age 64)
Oslo, Norway
Political partyLabour
Other political
affiliations
Socialist Left (until 2015)
RelationsMarried
Children3
Residence(s)Trondheim, Norway
Professiontypographer

Djupedal was born in Oslo, Norway, and is the son of the linguist Reidar Djupedal. He is a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party (SV), and was a member of Storting for Sør-Trøndelag County, where he has sat from the 1993 election until 2009. For two years, from 2005 to 2007, he was the Minister of Education and Research.[1] He is also former deputy leader of the Socialist Left Party. From 2008 until 2015 he was the County Governor of Aust-Agder, although Svein Åril was the acting governor for him from 2008 until 2009 when he finished his Parliamentary term.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ "Stoltenberg's second government succeeds Bondevik's government". Regjeringen.no. 2005-10-17. Retrieved 2020-11-11.
  2. ^ "Norwegian Counties". WorldStatesmen.org. Retrieved 2020-11-11.
  3. ^ "Djupedal, Øystein (1960-)". Stortinget.no. 9 March 2008. Retrieved 2020-11-11.


Government offices
Preceded by
Svein Åril
(Acting governor)
County Governor of Aust-Agder
2009–2015
Office abolished