Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa

Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa
Minister of Transport and Communications
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 October 2009
Prime Minister	Jens Stoltenberg
Preceded by	Liv Signe Navarsete
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
Religion	Christianity[1]

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

References

"Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa" (in Norwegian). Stortinget.no. http://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Representantene/Representantfordeling/Representant/?perid=MMK&tab=Biography. 

1. ^ "(Norwegian) Sørget for straff for religionskritikk publisher=Aftenposten" (in Norwegian). http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/article2892479.ece. Retrieved 25 July 2010. 

Political offices
Preceded by Liv Signe Navarsete	Norwegian Minister of Transport and Communications 2009–present	Incumbent
Preceded by Åslaug Haga	Norwegian Minister of Local Government and Regional Development 2007–09	Succeeded by Liv Signe Navarsete
Preceded by Hill-Marta Solberg	Norwegian Minister of Social Affairs 1999–2000	Succeeded by Guri Ingebrigtsen

Persondata
Name	Kleppa, Magnhild Meltveit
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	12 November 1948
Place of birth	Fister, Norway
Date of death
Place of death