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Tora Aasland

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Tora Aasland
Aasland in 2006
Minister of Research and Higher Education
In office
18 October 2007 – 23 March 2012
Prime MinisterJens Stoltenberg
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byIselin Nybø (2018)
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
In office
1 October 1985 – 30 September 1993
ConstituencyAkershus
Governor of Rogaland
In office
23 March 2012 – 1 October 2013
Preceded byHarald Torfinn Thune (acting)
Succeeded byMagnhild Meltveit Kleppa
In office
1 October 1993 – 18 October 2007
Preceded byHarald Torfinn Thune (acting)
Succeeded byHarald Thorfinn Thune (acting)
Vice President of the Odelsting
In office
10 October 1989 – 30 September 1993
PresidentInger Lise Gjørv
Preceded byKåre Kristiansen
Succeeded byDag Jostein Fjærvoll
Personal details
Born (1942-11-06) 6 November 1942 (age 81)
Skien, Telemark, Norway
Political partySocialist Left

Tora Aasland (born 6 November 1942, in Skien) is a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party. She served as the Minister of Research and Higher Education from 18 October 2007 to 23 March 2012. She was a member of the Norwegian Parliament, representing Akershus, from 1985 to 1993. From 1991 to 2013, she served as the County Governor of Rogaland.

Aasland was a deputy member of the executive committee of Nesodden municipality council during the terms 1975–1979 and 1979–1983.

Aasland has a cand.sociol. degree in sociology and was a researcher at the Norwegian Institute for Social Research from 1976 to 1982, and its acting director from 1980 to 1981. She has cited Vilhelm Aubert as her largest influence.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Jakobsen, Siw Ellen (19 December 2007). "Drømmejobben!". Forskning.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 1 December 2008.
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Government offices
Preceded by County Governor of Rogaland
1991–2013
(Harald Thune was acting governor for her
from 1991-1993 and 2007-2012)
Succeeded by