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Terje Riis-Johansen

Norwegian politician (born 1968)

Terje Riis-Johansen (born 15 March 1968) is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party.²

From Wikipedia’s article on Terje Riis-Johansen (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Mar 15, 1968.¹

About

Riis-Johansen was born in Skien. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Telemark in 1993, but was not re-elected in 1997. From 1997 to 1999, during the first cabinet Bondevik, he was appointed political advisor in the Ministry of Finance. In 2005, during the second cabinet Stoltenberg, he was appointed Minister of Agriculture and Food, but changed department in 2008 and served as Minister of Petroleum and Energy. On 4 March 2011 he was succeeded by fellow Centre Party politician Ola Borten Moe.

On the local level he was a member of Skien municipality council from 1991 to 1995. During the same term he was also a member of Telemark county council.

After the 2011 Norwegian local elections the local centre-right alliance was dissolved, and Riis-Johansen became Telemark's county mayor of a new centre-left coalition.

Riis-Johansen was a member of the board of Nei til EU from 1995 to 1997, of Telemark University College from 2000 to 2003 and of the Norwegian Farmers' Union from 2000 to 2005.

From Wikipedia’s article on Terje Riis-Johansen, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.²

Companies

Telemarkskanalen FKFChair 2017 to now¹⁵

Early life and education

Date not recordedTelemark University College³

Career

Occupation: politician, agronomist, general manager.^{7 10}

Since 2026County mayor of Telemark^{4 8}
Since 2023Member of a county council of Norway^{4 7}
Since 2020County mayor of Vestfold og Telemark⁴
Since 2017Chair, Telemarkskanalen FKF⁹
2011 to 2015County mayor of Telemark⁴
2008 to 2011Minister of Energy^{4 5}
2005 to 2008Minister of Agriculture and Food⁴
1997 to 1999Advisor to a Norwegian politician^{4 6}
1993 to 1997Member of the Parliament of Norway^{4 5}

Personal life

BornMar 15, 1968, Skien¹¹
CitizenshipNorway¹²

Sources

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WikidataTerje Riis-Johansen on Wikidata
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WikipediaTerje Riis-Johansen on Wikipedia
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WikidataTerje Riis-Johansen: education, on Wikidata
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WikidataTerje Riis-Johansen: Member of the Parliament of Norway, on Wikidata
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WikidataMember of the Parliament of Norway, as reported
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WikidataAdvisor to a Norwegian politician, as reported
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WikidataMember of a county council of Norway, as reported
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WikidataCounty mayor of Telemark, as reported
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WikidataTerje Riis-Johansen: Chair, Telemarkskanalen FKF, on Wikidata
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WikidataTerje Riis-Johansen: occupation, on Wikidata
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WikidataTerje Riis-Johansen: place of birth, on Wikidata
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WikidataTerje Riis-Johansen: citizenship, on Wikidata
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WikidataTerje Riis-Johansen: X, on Wikidata
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WikidataTerje Riis-Johansen: IMDb, on Wikidata
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WikidataTelemarkskanalen FKF, Chair
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Wikimedia CommonsTerje Riis-Johansen photo by Senterpartiet (Sp), CC BY 2.0