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Terje Halleland

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Terje Halleland
Member of the Storting
Assumed office
1 October 2017
ConstituencyRogaland
Deputy County Mayor of Rogaland
In office
25 October 2011 – 27 October 2015
County MayorJanne Johnsen
Preceded byEllen Solheim
Succeeded byMarianne Chesak
Deputy Member of the Storting
In office
1 October 2005 – 30 September 2013
ConstituencyRogaland
Personal details
Born (1966-04-14) 14 April 1966 (age 58)
Ølen, Hordaland, Norway
Political partyProgress
OccupationBuilder
Politician

Terje Halleland (born 14 April 1966) is a Norwegian builder and politician from the Progress Party. He has served as a member of parliament for Rogaland since 2017. He previously served as a deputy representative between 2005 and 2013.[1][2]

Political career[edit]

Local politics[edit]

Halleland was a member of the Rogaland County Council between 2007 and 2019.[3] He also served as deputy county mayor from 2011 to 2015 under Janne Johnsen, and was succeeded by Marianne Chesak.[4][5][6]

Parliament[edit]

Halleland was elected as a deputy representative from Rogaland at the 2005 parliamentary election and was re-elected in 2009, serving until 2013.

He was elected as a regular representative from Rogaland at the 2017 election, and was re-elected in 2021. In parliament, he was a member of the Standing Committee on Energy and the Environment between 2017 and 2021. Between 2021 and 2022, he sat on the Standing Committee on Transport and Communications, also serving as its first vice chair. He then returned to the Standing Committee on Energy and the Environment.[1]

In January 2024, both he and fellow parliamentarian Roy Steffensen announced that they wouldn't seek re-election at the 2025 election.[7]

Government[edit]

Halleland was appointed state secretary to Minister of Agriculture and Food Jon Georg Dale on 15 April 2016. He held the position until 30 April 2017.[8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Halleland, Terje". stortinget.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Terje Halleland" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Altinget. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Terje Halleland" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Store Norske Leksikon. 21 April 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Halleland varaordfører i fylket" (in Norwegian Bokmål). NRK Rogaland. 14 September 2011. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Enighet om avtalevalg" (in Norwegian Bokmål). venstre.no. 20 October 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  6. ^ "Solveig Ege Tengesdal overtar som fylkesordfører". NRK Rogaland. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  7. ^ "Stortingsduo takker nei til gjenvalg: Toppkandidat vil ikke holde på hemmeligheten lenger" (in Norwegian). Stavanger Aftenblad. 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  8. ^ "Terje Halleland (Frp) inn i regjeringsapparatet" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Stavanger Aftenblad. 15 April 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2024.